prae-porto, 1, v. a.,
to bear or carry before (poet.): tela, Lucr. 2, 621; Cat. 64, 193: prae se Scorpius infestus praeportans flebile acumen, Cic. Arat. 430 (682).
prae-portō —, —, āre, to bear before, C. poët. ...
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