Lewis & Short

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praevălĭdus, a, um, adj. [praevaleo], very strong (not in Cic. or Cæs.).

  1. I. Lit.
    1. A. Of persons: juvenis, Liv. 7, 5: legiones, Vell. 2, 69, 2: cohortes, Tac. H. 2, 28.
    2. B. Of things: manus, Ov. H. 9, 80: ramus, Suet. Vesp. 5.
  2. II. Trop., very strong, very powerful, prevailing, prevalent.
    1. A. Of persons, Tac. A. 3, 35.
    2. B. Of things: urbes, Liv. 27, 39: neu (terra) se praevalidam primis ostendat aristis, too strong, bearing too abundantly, Verg. G. 2, 252: nomina equitum, great, imposing, Tac. A. 12, 60 fin.: praevalida et adulta vitia, prevalent, id. ib. 3, 53.
      Hence, adv.: praevă-lĭdē, very strongly (post-Aug.), Plin. 17, 14, 24, § 108.