Lewis & Short

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prae-lŏquor, cūtus (quūtus), 3, v. dep. a. and n.

  1. I. To speak beforehand or first, to speak before another, to forestall in speaking: occupas praeloqui, quae mi’st oratio, Plaut. Rud. 1, 4, 28; cf. id. ib. 1, 2, 31: quod mihi causam praeloquendi dedit, Plin. Ep. 8, 21, 3.
  2. II. To say beforehand, in the way of preface or introduction, to premise, Quint. 4, 1, 2.
    Absol., Plin. Ep. 3, 4, 3: de aliquā re, Quint. 5, 13, 60: libri amplitudo non sinit me longiore epistulā praeloqui, Plin. Ep. 4, 5, 3.
  3. III. To foretell, predict, Lact. Epit. 47, 2.