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prae-mĕdĭtor , ātus, 1,
I.v. dep. a., to think over, to muse or deliberate upon beforehand, to premeditate (class.).
(α). With object - clause: “praemeditari id ferendum modice esse,” Cic. Phil. 11, 3, 7.—
(β). With relative - clause: “praemeditari, quo animo accedam ad Urbem,” Cic. Att. 6, 3, 4; Auct. Her. 2, 5, 8.—
(γ). Absol.: “tentans citharam et praemeditans,” preluding, Tac. A. 14, 15. —Hence, in pass. signif.: praemĕdĭtā-tus , a, um, previously considered, premeditated: “mala praemeditata,” Cic. Tusc. 3, 15, 32: “nihil cogitati praemeditatique,” Quint. 4, 5, 2; 5, 13, 3.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (6):
    • Cicero, Letters to Atticus, 6.3.4
    • Cicero, Philippics, 11.3.7
    • Tacitus, Annales, 14.15
    • Cicero, Tusculanae Disputationes, 3.15
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 4, 5.2
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 5, 13.3
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