precatio

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

prĕcātĭo, ōnis, f. [precor].

I Lit., a praying , prayer (class.): sollemnis comitiorum precatio, Cic. Mur. 1, 1: precatione uti, id. Tusc. 1, 47, 114: precationem facere, Liv. 39, 18; Plin. 28, 2, 3, § 10: auguralis, Paul. ex Fest. p. 351 Müll.—

II Transf., concr., a form of prayer with superstitious people (post-Aug.), Plin. 28, 4, 9, § 42.

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