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prae-prŏpĕrus , a, um, adj.,
I.too quick or hasty, over-hasty, sudden, precipitate (class.): “praepropera festinatio,Cic. Fam. 7, 8, 1: “prensatio,id. Att. 1, 1, 1: “celeritas,Liv. 31, 42: “ingenium,rash, id. 22, 41: “nisus,Sil. 15, 757: “amor,Val. Max. 6, 3, 6.— Hence, adv.: praeprŏpĕrē , very quickly, very hastily, with over-haste (rare; “not in Cic. or Cæs.): peri praepropere,Plaut. Mil. 2, 4, 10 (v. Ritschl ad h. l.): “festinans praepropere,Liv. 37, 23, 10: “raptim omnia praepropere agendo,id. 22, 19, 10; Quint. 12, 6, 2; Suet. Oth. 8.
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (10):
    • Cicero, Letters to his Friends, 7.8.1
    • Cicero, Letters to Atticus, 1.1.1
    • Plautus, Miles Gloriosus, 2.4
    • Suetonius, Otho, 8
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 37, 23.10
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 22, 19
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 22, 41
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 31, 42
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 12, 6.2
    • Valerius Maximus, Facta et Dicta Memorabilia, 6.3.6
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