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prae-dīcō dīxī, dictus, ere,

to say before, premise: hoc primum tibi, T.: haec eo mihi praedicenda fuerunt, ut, etc.—To foretell, predict, forebode: defectiones solis: nihil adversi accidit non praedicente me, that I had not predicted: malum hoc nobis De caelo tactas memini praedicere quercūs, V.—To advise, warn, admonish, charge, command: moneo, praedico, ante denuntio: unum illud tibi Praedicam, V.: ita enim medicus praedixerat, had prescribed, Cu.: Pompeius suis praedixerat, ut, etc., Cs.: ei visa Iuno praedicere, ne id faceret.—To appoint, fix: reo diem, Ta.

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