conprecor

conprecor
com-prĕcor ( conp- ), ātus, āri, v. dep. (lit. to worship a deity with all the usages belonging thereto; hence, in gen.), to pray to, supplicate, implore (mostly ante-class. and rare; not in Cic.); constr. alicui, aliquem, aliquid, or absol.:

Jovi molā salsā,

Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 108:

deos,

Ter. Ad. 4, 5, 65 and 70: caelestūm fidem, * Cat. 64, 191.— Absol., to pray, supplicate:

abi intro et conprecare,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 4, 41:

Cythereïa, comprecor, ausis Assit,

Ov. M. 10, 640; 12, 285; 14, 379.—With dat. of pers., to imprecate, wish for a person:

tunc mortem comprecantur sibi,

Sen. Ep. 99, 16:

iratum principem alicui,

Plin. Ep. 4, 25, 2; so absol., Plin. Pan. 2 fin.

Lewis & Short Latin Dictionary, 1879. - Revised, Enlarged, and in Great Part Rewritten. . 2011.

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