I.to entangle the feet or other parts of the body; to shackle, bind, fetter (mostly poet. and post-Aug.; syn.: impedio, illaqueo, irretio).
I. Lit.: “praepeditus latera forti ferro,” Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 5: “praepeditis Numidarum equis,” tied to the manger, Tac. A. 4, 25: sine modo sese praedā praepediant, let them hamper or embarrass themselves, Liv. 8, 38, 13.—
II. Transf., in gen., to hinder, obstruct, impede: “singultu medios praepediente sonos,” Ov. Tr. 1, 3, 42: “timor praepedit dicta linguae,” Plaut. Cas. 3, 5, 25; Ov. H. 14, 18: “si forte aliquos flumina, nives, venti praepedissent,” Plin. Pan. 68: “crura,” Lucr. 3, 478: “fugam hostium,” Pac. Pan. Theodos. 40: “recitantium praecipua pronuntiationis adjumenta, oculi, manus, praepediuntur,” Plin. Ep. 2, 19, 4: “praepediri valetudine,” to be prevented by illness, Tac. A. 3, 3: “praepeditus morbo,” Cic. Rab. Perd. 7, 21.—With inf.: “etiamsi praepeditus sit perculsas tot victoriis Germanias servitio premere,” Tac. A. 2, 73.
