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praeda, ae (old abl. sing. PRAEDAD. Inscr. Col. Rostr.), f. [for praehenda, from praehendo, v. prehendo], property taken in war, booty, spoil, plunder, pillage (syn.: exuviae, spolium).

  1. I. Lit.: praedā exercitus undat, Enn. ap. Serv. ad Verg. G. 2, 437 (Ann. v. 320 Vahl.): praedas ac manubias in urbis ornamenta conferre, Cic. Agr. 2, 23, 61; cf. manubiae, and the passages there cited with praeda; so plur.: praedarum in parte repertā frangebat pocula, Juv. 11, 101.
    Mostly sing.: praeda ante parta, Cic. Prov. Cons. 11, 28: praedam capere de praedonibus Plaut. Truc. 1, 2, 14: praedam militibus donare, Caes. B. G. 7, 11 fin.: victores praedā spoliisque potiti, Verg. A. 9, 450.
  2. II. Transf.
    1. A. An animal, bird, etc., caught or killed in the chase; prey, game (poet. and in postAug. prose): cervi luporum praeda rapacium, Hor. C. 4, 4, 50; Phaedr. 1, 5; Verg. A. 3, 223; Plin. 8, 55, 81, § 219; of fishing, Plaut. Rud. 4, 2, 4; Ov. M. 13, 936: in saltu venantur aves; hinc praeda cubili Ponitur, Juv. 14, 82.
      Prov.: praeda canum lepus est, Mart. 1, 22, 5.
      Transf., of a person, prey, Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 23; Ov. H. 15, 51.
    2. B. In gen., booty, spoil, gain, profit: illa, quae empta ex praedā est, Plaut. Ep. 5, 1, 2; 15; 3, 3, 13: adeste, sultis, praeda erit praesentium, id. Stich. 1, 3, 67: maximos quaestus praedasque facere, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 50, § 119; Hor. S. 2, 3, 68: ostendit praedam, treasure trove, Phaedr. 5, 6, 4: a quibus magnas praedas Agesilaus faciebat, from which Agesilaus drew great advantage, Nep. Chabr. 2, 3; cf. Plin. 26, 1, 3, § 4.

praedābundus, a, um, adj. [praedor], ravaging, pillaging, plundering, Sall. J. 90, 2: exercitus, Liv. 2, 26; Curt. 8, 1, 5.

praedamnātĭo, ōnis, f. [praedamno], precondemnation (eccl. Lat.), Tert. Habit. Mul. 4; id. Apol. 27 med.

prae-damno, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to condemn beforehand, to precondemn (not in Cic. or Cæs.).

  1. I. Lit.: praedamnatus collega, Liv. 4, 41 fin.: amicum, Suet. Aug. 56.
  2. II. Trop.: spem, i. e. to give it up or renounce beforehand, Liv. 27, 18, 8: se perpetuae infelicitatis, think themselves condemned to perpetual misery, Val. Max. 6, 9.

praedātīcĭus or -tĭus, a, um, adj. [praedor], taken as booty or plunder (postclass.): pecunia, Gell. 13, 24, 28 (in Gell. 4, 18, 12, the better reading is praedatae).

praedātĭo, ōnis, f. [praedor], a taking of booty, plundering, pillaging (post-Aug.).
In plur.: latrociniis ac praedationibus infestato mari, Vell. 2, 73, 3; Tac. A. 12, 29.
In sing., Lact. 5, 9; Vulg. Isa. 9, 5.

praedātor, ōris, m. [praedor], a plunderer, pillager.

  1. I. Lit. (class.): quos ego in eodem genere praedatorum direptorumque pono, Cic. Cat. 2, 9, 20: exercitus, praedator ex sociis, Sall. J. 44, 1.
  2. II. Transf.
    1. A. A hunter (poet.): praedator aprorum, Ov. M. 12, 306; Stat. Th. 4, 316.
      Transf.: corporis, i. e. a ravisher, Petr. 85, 3.
    2. * B. A rapacious or avaricious man, Tib. 2, 3, 43.

praedātōrĭus, a, um, adj. [praeda], plundering, rapacious, predatory: manus (militum), marauders, Sall. J. 20, 7; Tac. A. 4, 24 fin.: naves, pirate-ships, Plaut. Men. 2, 2, 69; Liv. 34, 36: classes, id. 29, 28.

praedātrix, īcis, f. [praedator], she that plunders, pillages, robs (poet. and in post-class. prose): Herculei praedatrix cedat alumni, i. e. the nymph Dryope, who stole away Hylas, Stat. S. 1, 5, 22.
Adj.: bestia, a beast of prey, Amm. 26, 6, 10: fera, id. 14, 2, 1; 14, 10, 1.

praedātum, i, n., v. praedor fin.

1. praedātus, a, um, v. praedor and praedo.

2. prae-dătus, a, um, Part. [do], given beforehand (post-class.), Cael. Aur. Acut. 2, 37 med.; 3, 17; id. Tard. 1, 1; 2, 1; 3, 7 fin.

praedor, ātus, 1 (active collat. form, v. infra fin.), v. n. and a. [2. praedo].

  1. I. Neutr., to make booty, to plunder, spoil, rob (in war and otherwise; class.; syn.: spolio, diripio): spes rapiendi atque praedandi, Cic. Phil. 4, 4, 9: licentia praedandi, Liv. 22, 3: praedantes milites, Caes. B. G. 7, 46 fin.: ex hereditate, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 18, § 45; 2, 3, 3, § 6; 2, 3, 20, § 51: praedatum exire, Liv. 4, 55: necessitate inpositā ex alieno praedandi, id. 5, 5, 3: ex alienis fortunis, id. 6, 41, 11: ex necessitate alicujus, Lact. 6, 18, 8: ex agris finitimorum praedari, Just. 23, 1, 10: classis pluribus locis praedata, Tac. Agr. 29: de aratorum bonis praedari, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 78, § 182: praedari in re frumentariā et in bonis aratorum, id. ib. 2, 3, 62, § 146; 2, 3, 88, § 204: in bonis alienis, id. ib. 2, 2, 19, § 46: omnibus in rebus, upon every opportunity, id. ib. 2, 1, 50, § 130: in insulis cultorum egentibus, Liv. 22, 31, 3: ex alterius inscientiā praedari, to make use of another’s ignorance to defraud him, Cic. Off. 3, 17, 72: cum apud tuos Mamertinos inveniare improbissimā ratione esse praedatus, id. Verr. 2, 4, 1, § 3.
    1. B. Transf.: praedātus, a, um, that has made booty; hence, well furnished with booty (Plautinian): bene ego ab hoc praedatus ibo, Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 39; id. Rud. 5, 2, 29; id. Pers. 4, 4, 115.
  2. II. Act., to plunder, pillage, rob any thing (rare before the Aug. period).
    1. A. Lit.: pastorum stabula, Cic. Sest. 5, 13 Halm N. cr.; B. and K.; dub. (al. praeclara cepisset): dum socios magis quam hostes praedatur, Tac. A. 12, 49: arces Cecropis, Val. Fl. 5, 647: maria, Lact. 5, 9 med.; 7, 17, 9: bona vivorum et mortuorum, Suet. Dom. 12 (but cf. Roth ad loc.): Hylam Nympha praedata, Petr. 83.
      1. 2. Transf., to take or catch animals, birds, etc.: alia dentibus praedantur, alia unguibus, Plin. 10, 71, 91, § 196: ovem, Ov. A. A. 3, 419: pisces calamo praedabor, Prop. 4 (5), 2, 37.
    2. B. Trop., to rob, ravish, take (poet.): amores alicujus, to rob one of his mistress, Ov. Am. 3, 8, 59; cf.: quae me nuper praedata puella est, has caught me, id. Am. 1, 3, 1: singula de nobis anni praedantur euntes, Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 55: dapes, to consume, Val. Fl. 4, 429.
      Note: Act. collat. form praedo, āre: praedavit omnes filios Tharsis, Vulg. Jud. 2, 13; 16; Prisc. p. 799 P.
      Hence, prae-dor, āri, in a pass. signif. (ante- and post-class.): mihi istaec videtur praeda praedatum irier, Plaut. Rud. 4, 7, 16: terra direptione praedabitur, Vulg. Isa. 24, 3: pecuniae praedatae, Gell. 4, 18, 12.
      As subst.: praedātum, i, n., that which has been obtained by plunder, booty, Vop. Prob. 8, 3.