I.“praestigiae,” Prud. Peristeph. 2, 86), f. praestinguo, deceptions, illusions, jugglers' tricks, sleights, feats of legerdemain; lit. and trop. (class.; cf. “captio): patent praestigiae,” Plaut. Capt. 3, 3, 9: “verborum,” deceptive use of words, Cic. Fin. 4, 27, 74: “quasi praestigiis quibusdam et captionibus depelli,” id. Ac. 2, 14, 45: omnes meos dolos, fallacias, Praestigias praestrinxit commoditas patris, Caecil. ap. Cic. N. D. 3, 29, 73 (Com. Rel. p. 59 Rib.): “non per praestigias, sed palam compilare,” by stratagem, secretly, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 24, § 53; Liv. 6, 15 fin.: “Graecae istorum praestigiae philosophari sese dicentium,” Gell. 13, 23, 2: nubium, the deceptive images formed by the clouds, App. de Mundo, p. 23, 32.—In sing.: “praestigiae plausum petere,” Quint. 4, 1, 77; so Tert. adv. Marc. 3, 24 fin.
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praestī^gĭae , ārum (rare in the sing.;