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praecursĭo , ōnis, f. id.,
I.a coming or going before. *
I. In gen.: “sine praecursione visorum,” without a previous occurrence of phenomena, Cic. Fat. 19, 44.—
II. In partic. *
A. In milit. lang., a preliminary combat, a skirmish, Plin. Ep. 6, 13, 6.—
B. In rhet. lang., a preparation of the hearer, Cic. Top. 15, 59.—
C. The office or work of a forerunner, the mission of John the Baptist, Aug. Tract. in Johan. 4, 6.
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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    • Pliny the Younger, Epistulae, 6.13.6
    • Cicero, De Fato, 19
    • Cicero, Topica, 15.59
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