I.to get or make ready beforehand, to prepare, equip, make preparations for, etc. (class.; cf.: paro, apparo).
I. Lit.: “ea quae videntur instare,” Cic. Rosc. Am. 8, 22: “praeparaverat ante naves,” Liv. 30, 20, 5: “commeatum,” id. 7, 12: “frumentum in decem annos,” id. 42, 12: “locum domestici belli causā,” Caes. B. G. 5, 9: se et suos milites ad proelia, Sall. Fragm. ap. Veg. Mil. 1, 9: “praeparato ad talem casum perfugio,” Liv. 24, 2, 11: “praeparatis jam omnibus ad fugam,” id. 33, 47, 10; 26, 19, 5; 35, 17, 1; 40, 15, 13; Quint. 2, 4, 28: “praeparat se pugnae,” prepares himself for the combat, Plin. 8, 20, 29, § 71: “exercitum majori operi,” Vell. 2, 109, 2: “puppes,” Luc. 3, 16: “arva frumentis,” Col. 2, 16: “pecunia stipendio militum praeparata,” Curt. 3, 13, 10: “profectionem,” to make preparations for one's departure, Suet. Tib. 38: “necem fratri,” Tac. A. 11, 8: “res necessarias ad vitam degendam,” to provide, Cic. Off. 1, 4, 11: “cibos hiemi,” Plin. 8, 37, 56, § 133: “anchusae radix praeparat lanas pretiosis coloribus,” prepares, id. 22, 20, 23, § 48; 24, 11, 58, § 96; 29, 6, 34, § 107: “potum cantharidum,” id. 29, 4, 30, § 93: “ova,” to prepare for eating, to cook, dress, Mart. 1, 56, 12: “qui sibi praeparabat imperium,” was aiming at, aspiring to, Spart. Hadr. 22.—
II. Trop.: animos ad sapientiam concipiendam, Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. 12, 23; id. Tusc. 2, 5, 13: “gratiam adversus publicum odium,” Tac. H. 1, 72: “excusationem,” Petr. 139: “aditum nefariae spei,” Curt. 5, 9, 5; 4, 9, 13.—Hence, praepărātus , a, um, P. a., prepared, provided with any thing (class.): “praeparatos quodam cultu atque victu proficisci ad dormiendum,” Cic. Div. 2, 58, 119: “praeparato animo se tradere quieti,” id. ib. 1, 53, 121: “bene praeparatum Pectus,” Hor. C. 2, 10, 14: “praeparatis auribus,” Cic. Or 28, 99.— Hence, adv.: praepărātō or ex prae-părātō , with preparation: “quam nihil praeparato, nihil festinato fecisse videtur Milo!” Quint. 4, 2, 1: “ex ante praeparato,” Liv. 10, 41: “non enim ex praeparato locutus est, sed subito deprehensus,” Sen. Ep. 11, 1.
