prae-lŏquor, cūtus (quūtus), 3, v. dep. a. and n.
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.—
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.—
III To foretell , predict , Lact. Epit. 47, 2.