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praefōcābĭlis, e, adj. [praefoco], that has the power of choking, suffocating (postclass.): spiratio, Cael. Aur. Acut. 2, 35: loca, id. ib. 37: sensus, id. Tard. 3, 2.

praefōcātĭo, ōnis, f. [praefoco], a choking, suffocation (post-class.), Scrib. Comp. 100; Cael. Aur. Acut. 2, 6.

prae-fōco, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [faux], to choke, strangle, suffocate (poet. and postclass. for suffoco): animae viam, Ov. Ib. 560: partum, Dig. 25, 3, 4: Jovem, Arn. 7, 29: messis praefocata, Calp. Ecl. 4, 115: ex abundantiā praefocari, Macr. Somn. Scip. 1, 12.

prae-fŏdĭo, fōdi, 3, v. a.

  1. I. To dig before or in front of: portas, Verg. A. 11, 473 (id est ante portas fossas faciunt, Serv.).
  2. II. With respect to time, to dig or bury before: scrobes, to make pits beforehand, Plin. 17, 11, 16, § 79: aurum, to bury before, Ov. M. 13, 60.

praefoecundus, a, um, v. praefecundus.

prae-fōmento, āre, v. a., to warm or foment beforehand (post-class.): vulnera aquā gelidā, Theod. Prisc. 1, 19 med.

prae-for, fātus, 1 (old imper. praefato, Cato, R. R. 134. 1: praefamino, id. ib. 141, 2; cf. Müll. ad Fest. p. 87, 10), v. dep. n. and a.

  1. I. In gen., to say or utter beforehand, to premise, preface: in parte operis mei licet mihi praefari, quod, etc., Liv. 21, 1, 1; Col. 10, praef. 5; 12, 50, 7; Cels. 3, 1: praefatus, de summā se republicā acturum, having first announced by edict that, etc., Suet. Caes. 28: quae de deorum naturā praefati sumus, etc., Cic. Univ. 10 fin.: cum praefatus fuero, quae, etc., Col. 1 prooem. fin.; Gell. 9, 15, 4: sibi Asiam sufficere praefatus, Just. 11, 5, 5: arcana se et silenda afferre praefatus, Curt. 6, 7, 3: is cum praefatus esset, scire, etc., id. 7, 4, 9; Liv. 43, 7, 7.
  2. II. Esp.
    1. A. In a relig. sense, to utter a preliminary prayer, to address in prayer beforehand: majores nostri omnibus rebus agendis Quod bonum, faustum, felix fortunatumque esset, praefabantur, Cic. Div. 1, 45, 102: pontifice maximo praefante carmen, Liv. 5, 41, 3: decemviri carminibus (abl.) praefarentur, should say beforehand ( = praeirent), id. 22, 1, 16 (v. Weissenb. ad h. l.): priusquam hasce fruges condanturture, vino Jano, Jovi, Junoni praefato, offering wine and incense, say a prayer to Janus, etc., Cato, R. R. 134, 1.
      With the obj.-acc. of the deity: Janum Jovemque vino praefamino, id. ib. 141, 2: divos, Verg. A. 11, 301.
    2. B. Si dicimus, Ille patrem strangulavit, honorem non praefamur: sin de Aureliā aliquid aut Lolliā, honos praefandus est, we do not preface it by saying, with permission, with respect be it spoken, Cic. Fam. 9, 22, 4: veniam, to ask leave before speaking, App. M. 1 init.; id. Flor. init.
    3. C. To name or cite beforehand: Aristoteles, quem in iis magnā secuturus ex parte praefandum reor, to mention or name as an authority in advance, Plin. 8, 16, 17, § 43.
  3. III. To foretell, predict, prophesy (very rare), Cat. 64, 383.
    Hence,
    1. A. praefātus, a, um, in pass. signif., mentioned or stated before (post-class.): condemnatus ex praefatis causis, Dig. 20, 4, 12: jura, ib. 10, 3, 19: sic etiam nostro praefatus habebere libro, named at the beginning, Aus. praef. 2 fin.: sine honoribus praefatis appellare aliquid, without saying, By your leave, Arn. 5, 176: vir praefatā reverentiā nominandus, Vop. Aur. 1.
      Hence, subst.: praefātum, i, n., for praefatio, a preface: praefato opus est, Symm. Ep. 6, 3.
    2. B. praefandus, a, um, P. a., for which must be asked permission or indulgence; that requires apology: praefandi umoris e corpore effluvium, Plin. 7, 51, 52, § 171.
      Hence, subst.: praefanda, ōrum, n., foul expressions: in praefanda videmur incidere, Quint. 8, 3, 45.

praeformātor, ōris, m. [praeformo], that forms or arranges beforehand (postclass.), Tert. Praescript. 30.

prae-formīdo, no perf., ātum, 1, v. a., to fear beforehand (post-Aug.), Quint. 4, 5, 5 Zumpt N. cr. (al. perform-, al. reform-), Sil. 3, 608.

prae-formo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to form or fashion beforehand, to instruct beforehand, to prepare, etc. (post-Aug.): his praeformat dictis, Sil. 7, 385; Tert. Apol. 1 fin.: velut praeformata materia, Quint. 2, 6, 5: praeformatae infantibus litterae, traced beforehand, id. 5, 14, 31.

prae-fortis, e, adj., very strong (postclass.; opp. infirmus), Tert. Carn. Chr. 5 med.

prae -fōtus, a, um, Part. [foveo], warmed or fomented beforehand (postclass.): partes aquā marinā, Cael. Aur. Tard. 4, 2.