praecino

prae-cĭno, cĭnŭi (e. g. praecinuit, Plin. 2, 12, 9, § 54), centum, 3, v. n. and a. [cano].

I.

Neutr., to sing or play before (class.):

et deorum pulvinaribus et epulis magistratuum fides praecinunt,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 2, 4:

praecinere sibi tibias jussit,

Flor. 2, 2, 10:

praecinente citharā,

Gell. 1, 11, 6:

tubā praecinente,

sounding beforehand, Flor. 2, 16, 5.—

B.

In partic., to utter an incantation:

carmine cum magico praecinuisset anus,

Tib. 1, 5, 12.—

II.

Act., to sing to one:

gemitum,

a funeral song, Stat. S. 5, 3, 59.—

B.

To foretell, predict:

magnum aliquid deos populo Romano praemonstrare et praecinere,

Cic. Har. Resp. 10, 20:

lucos praecinuisse fugam,

Tib. 2, 5, 74:

lymphati futura praecinunt,

Plin. 8, 46, 71, § 185:

cursum sideris,

foretell, id. 2, 12, 9, § 54:

responsa,

i. e. to give responses respecting the future, to utter predictions, id. 25, 9, 59, § 106.