ex praeparato

prae-păro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., 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.