I.to fear beforehand, to be in fear, be afraid (poet. and in post-Aug. prose): “sibi praetimet,” Plaut. Am. prol. 29: “nil est miserius, quam praetimere,” Sen. Ep. 98, 7: “praetimens ne sibi desit (pecunia),” Lact. 6, 17, 17: “aeternitatem praetimendam,” Tert. Res. Carn. 35 (in Tib. 3, 4, 14, the true reading is pertimuisse).
prae-tĭmĕo , ŭi, 2, v. a. and n.,
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.
The National Endowment for the Humanities provided support for entering this text.
hide
Dictionary Entry Lookup
Use this tool to search for dictionary entries in all lexica.
