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praedĭcātĭo , ōnis, f. id..
I. A public proclaiming, a proclamation, publication (class.) of the praeco, luctuosa et acerba praedicatio, Cic. Agr. 2, 18, 48: “mandata praedicatio,” App. M. 6, p. 176, 10: “praedicatio societatis,” Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 61, § 140.— Hence, an assertion: “decem praedicationes,” Mart. Cap. 4, § 383.—
II. A praising, praise, commendation (class.): “praedicatio tua,” Plaut. Mil. 4, 6, 22; Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 14, § 41: “grata,” Plin. Ep. 9, 9, 3; Plin. 20, 10, 42, § 109; Liv. 4, 49, 10: “vana,” Flor. 4, 2, 63; cf. Plin. 35, 3, 5, § 15.—
III. A prediction, prophecy, soothsaying, Lact. 4, 21, 2; Sulp. Sev. Chron. 1, 36, 3.—
IV. (Eccl. Lat.) Preaching: “stultitia praedicationis,” Vulg. 1 Cor. 1, 21; id. Tit. 1, 3.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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    • Cicero, Letters to his brother Quintus, 1.1.14
    • New Testament, 1 Corinthians, 1.21
    • New Testament, Titus, 1.3
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    • Cicero, On the Agrarian Law, 2.18.48
    • Plautus, Miles Gloriosus, 4.6
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 35.15
    • Pliny the Younger, Epistulae, 9.9.3
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 4, 49.10
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