praefestino

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

prae-festīno, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.

I To hasten before the time , to hasten too much (rare; not in Cic. or Caes.): praefestinare praeloqui, Plaut. Rud. 1, 2, 31: sciscere, quae sit causa, Afran. ap. Charis. p. 186 P. (Com. Rel. p. 182 Rib.): ne deficere praefestinarent, Liv. 23, 14 fin. : praefestinatum opus, Col. 11, 2, 3.—

II To hasten past : sinum, Tac. A. 5, 10.

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