praecaveo

prae-căvĕo, cāvi, cautum, 2, v. a. and n., to guard against beforehand.

I.

Act., to guard against, seek to avert, obviate, or prevent (class.;

syn. provideo): illud praecavendum est mihi,

Plaut. Men. 5, 2, 107:

peccata, quae difficillime praecaventur,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 40, 116:

quod a me ita praecautum atque ita provisum est,

id. Att. 2, 1, 6:

ita mihi res tota provisa atque praecauta est, ut, etc.,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 42, § 91:

venena,

Suet. Calig. 23:

injurias,

Gell. 7, 3, 41:

malam diem,

Vulg. Eccl. 7, 15.—

II.

Neutr., to take care or heed, to use precaution, to be on one's guard, to beware (class.): ferae, quibus abest ad praecavendum intellegendi astutia, Pac. ap. Cic. Fin. 5, 11, 31 (Trag. Rel. p. 103 Rib.); Plaut. Truc. 2, 5, 21:

providentem ante et praecaventem,

Cic. Planc. 22, 53:

praecaventibus fatis,

Vell. 2, 12, 1:

ab insidiis,

to guard against, Liv. 9, 17.— With ne:

id ne accideret, magnopere sibi praecavendum Caesar existimabat,

Caes. B. G. 1, 38, 2; cf.:

satis undique provisum atque praecautum est, ne, etc.,

Liv. 36, 17, 12:

cum videtur praecaveri potuisse, si provisum esset,

Cic. Tusc. 3, 22, 52; cf. id. Inv. 2, 32, 99.—With dat., to provide for, take precautions for one's safety:

sibi,

Ter. And. 3, 5, 18.—In part. perf.:

sed praecauto'st opus, ne, etc.,

there is need of caution, Plaut. Merc. 2, 2, 61.