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prĕtĭōsus , a, um, adj. pretium,
I.of great value, valuable, precious.
II. Transf.
A. Of great cost, costly, dear, expensive: “operaria,Plaut. Bacch. 1, 1, 41: “qui sordido vehiculo erubescit, pretioso gloriabitur,Sen. Ep. 87, 4: “Thais,Prop. 4 (5), 5, 43.pretioso pretio emere aliquid,dear, high, Plaut. Ep. 1, 2, 17: “fames,which is satisfied at much expense, Mart. 10 96, 9 : “silentia,dearly bought, id. 5, 69, 7: “Albani veteris pretiosa senectus,Juv. 13, 214.—
B. That gives a great price, extravagant: pretiosus emptor, Hor. C. 3, 6, 32.— Hence, adv.: prĕtĭōsē , in a costly manner, expensively, richly, splendidly (class.): “vasa pretiose caelata,Cic. Inv. 2, 40, 116: “pretiose armatus exercitus,Gell. 5, 5, 5: “pretiosius sepeliri,Curt. 10, 1, 32.
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (11):
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 1.115
    • Plautus, Bacchides, 1.1
    • Plautus, Epidicus, 1.2
    • Cicero, de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum, 2.28
    • Cicero, De Officiis, 3.23
    • Gellius, Noctes Atticae, 5.5.5
    • Seneca, Epistulae, 87.4
    • Ovid, Ex Ponto, 3.8
    • Columella, Res Rustica, 3.8.4
    • Curtius, Historiarum Alexandri Magni, 10.1.32
    • Cicero, De Inventione, 2.40
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