praemeditor

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

prae-mĕdĭtor, ātus, 1,

I v. dep. a. , to think over , to muse or deliberate upon beforehand , to premeditate (class.).

α With object - clause : praemeditari id ferendum modice esse, Cic. Phil. 11, 3, 7.—

β With relative - clause : praemeditari, quo animo accedam ad Urbem, Cic. Att. 6, 3, 4; Auct. Her. 2, 5, 8.—

γ Absol. : tentans citharam et praemeditans, preluding , Tac. A. 14, 15. —Hence, in pass. signif.: praemĕdĭtā-tus , a, um, previously considered , premeditated : mala praemeditata, Cic. Tusc. 3, 15, 32: nihil cogitati praemeditatique, Quint. 4, 5, 2; 5, 13, 3.

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