praevălĭdus, a, um, adj. [praevaleo], very strong (not in Cic. or Caes.).
I Lit.
A Of persons: juvenis, Liv. 7, 5: legiones, Vell. 2, 69, 2: cohortes, Tac. H. 2, 28.—
B Of things: manus, Ov. H. 9, 80: ramus, Suet. Vesp. 5.—
II Trop., very strong , very powerful , prevailing , prevalent.
A Of persons, Tac. A. 3, 35.—
B Of things: urbes, Liv. 27, 39: neu (terra) se praevalidam primis ostendat aristis, too strong , bearing too abundantly , Verg. G. 2, 252: nomina equitum, great , imposing , Tac. A. 12, 60 fin. : praevalida et adulta vitia, prevalent , id. ib. 3, 53.—Hence, adv.: praevă-lĭdē , very strongly (post-Aug.), Plin. 17, 14, 24, § 108.