prō-dīco, xi, ctum, 3, v. a.
I To say beforehand , to fix or appoint beforehand (very rare): prodictā die, Cic. Dom. 17, 45 (dub.).—
II To put off , defer (not in Cic. or Caes.): diem prodicere, to adjourn the time of trial , Liv. 2, 61, 7; v. Weissenb. ad loc.; Liv. 6, 20, 11; 38, 51, 5: ubi praetor reo atque accusatoribus diem prodixisset, Tac. A. 2, 79 (in Cic. N. D. 2, 3, 7, the true read. is praedici; Cic. Div. 1, 42, 93, praedicunt).