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prae-cĭno , cĭnŭi (e. g. praecinuit, Plin. 2, 12, 9, § 54), centum, 3, v. n. and
I.a. [cano].
I. Neutr., to sing or play before (class.): “et deorum pulvinaribus et epulis magistratuum fides praecinunt,Cic. Tusc. 4, 2, 4: “praecinere sibi tibias jussit,Flor. 2, 2, 10: “praecinente citharā,Gell. 1, 11, 6: “tubā praecinente,sounding beforehand, Flor. 2, 16, 5.—
B. In partic., to utter an incantation: “carmine cum magico praecinuisset anus,Tib. 1, 5, 12.—
II. Act., to sing to one: “gemitum,a funeral song, Stat. S. 5, 3, 59.—
B. To foretell, predict: “magnum aliquid deos populo Romano praemonstrare et praecinere,Cic. Har. Resp. 10, 20: “lucos praecinuisse fugam,Tib. 2, 5, 74: “lymphati futura praecinunt,Plin. 8, 46, 71, § 185: “cursum sideris,foretell, id. 2, 12, 9, § 54: “responsa,” i. e. to give responses respecting the future, to utter predictions, id. 25, 9, 59, § 106.
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (7):
    • Cicero, On the Responses of the Haruspices, 10.20
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 25.106
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 2.54
    • Cicero, Tusculanae Disputationes, 4.2
    • Gellius, Noctes Atticae, 1.11.6
    • Florus, Epitome Rerum Romanorum, 2.16.5
    • Statius, Silvae, 5.3
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