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prae-pulcher, chra, chrum, adj., very beautiful (poet.), Juvenc. 1, 432.

prae-purgo, āre, v. a., to purge or cleanse beforehand (post-class.), Cael. Aur. Tard. 1, 4, 128.

praepūtĭātĭo, ōnis, f. [praeputio], a retaining of the foreskin, the state of being uncircumcised, uncircumcision (eccl. Lat.; opp. circumcisio), Tert. adv. Marc. 5, 4; Hilar. Trin. 1, 13.

praepūtĭātus, a, um, P. a., from praeputio.

praepūtĭo, āre, v. a. [praeputium], to draw out the foreskin, Schol. Juv. 10, 206.
Hence, praepūtĭātus, a, um, P. a., having the foreskin, uncircumcised (eccl. Lat.), Tert. adv. Marc. 5, 9.

prae-pūtĭum, ii, n. [vox hibr., praeπόσθιον],

  1. I. the foreskin, prepuce.
    In plur., Juv. 6, 238; 14, 99; Sen. Apoc. 8, 1; Vulg. Gen. 17, 11; 14.
  2. II. Trop.: circumcidite praeputium cordis vestri, do away with impurity, Laet. 4, 17, 8; Vulg. Jer. 4, 4.
  3. III. Transf., the retaining of the prepuce, uncircumcision, Vulg. Gal. 5, 6; id. Eph. 2, 11.