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prae-fŭgĭo, fūgi, 3, v. n., to flee before (post-class.), Tert. Anim. 33 med.

prae-fulcĭo, si, tum, 4, v. a.

  1. I. To prop up, support a thing.
    1. * A. Lit.: mollire praefultum torum, Prud. στεφ. 5, 335.
    2. B. Trop.: primum illud praefulci atque praemuni, quaeso, ut simus annui, secure, Cic. Att. 5, 13, 3: aliquid multis modis, Gell. 7, 3, 44: servitus, ubi ego omnibus Parvis magnisque miseriis praefulcior, qs. am propped up, i. e. surrounded, hedged in by, Plaut. Ps. 3, 1, 6.
  2. II. To place in front as a prop or stay; trop.: quin me suis negotiis praefulciat, use me as a prop, Plaut. Pers. 1, 1, 12.

prae-fulgĕo, si, 2, v. n., to beam or shine forth, to shine greatly, to glitter before or in front of (rare before the Aug. per.).

  1. I. Lit.: nitor smaragdi collo praefulget tuo (sc. pavonis), Phaedr. 3, 18, 7: equus praefulgens unguibus aureis, Verg. A. 8, 553: equitatus phaleris praefulgens, Gell. 5, 5, 3.
  2. II. Trop.: ne splendore praefulgeant, shine or glitter too much, Auct. Her. 3, 19, 32: militarium (rerum) praefulgent nomina, Vell. 1, 14, 1: praefulgebant Cassius atque Brutus, Tac. A. 3, 76: Poppaeus Sabinus consulari decore praefulgens, id. ib. 13, 45: enituit et praefulsit decori et honesti dignitas, Gell. 12, 5, 7.

prae -fulgĭdus, a, um, adj., very bright: nubes caeli, Juvenc. in Matt. 3, 330, 18.

prae-fulgŭro, āre, v. n. and a., to flash forth (poet.).

        1. (α) Neutr.: latus praefulgurat ense, Stat. Th. 7, 502.
        2. (β) Act.: strictoque vias praefulgurat ense, fills with flashes of light, illuminates, Val. Fl. 3, 119: aulam augustam cultu, Coripp. Laud. Just. 3, 222.

praefultus, a, um, Part., from praefulcio.

† prae-fundo, fūdi, 3, v. a.,

  1. I. to pour out before or in addition to, to add by pouring (post-class.), Simplic. p. 87 Goes.: semine cucuminis praefuso, Cael. Aur. Tard. 5, 10, 124.
  2. II. To pour upon, to wet, sprinkle.
      1. 1. Lit.: pileus vino Calido praefusus, Cael. Aur. Tard. 2, 7, 110.
      2. 2. Fig.: votis praefusa supplicatio, Alcim. Ep. 8.

praefurnĭum, i, n. [prae-furnus].

  1. I. The opening of a furnace, the door by which fuel is admitted: si uno praefurnio coques, Cato, R. R. 38, 1.
  2. II. The heating-room, or hot anteroom of a bath, = προπνιγεῖον, Vitr. 5, 10, 2; 7, 10.

prae-fŭro, ĕre, v. n., to rage violently (poet.): torvus praefuris, Stat. Th. 2, 420; 4, 822.

* prae-fuscus, a, um, adj., very swarthy or black, Manil. 4, 721 dub.