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1. prōdīcĭus or -tĭus, a, um, adj. [prodo], treacherous (eccl. Lat.), Tert. ad Nat. 1, 7.

2. Prŏdĭcĭus, a, um, adj., v. Prodicus, II.

prō-dīco, xi, ctum, 3, v. a.

  1. I. To say beforehand, to fix or appoint beforehand (very rare): prodictā die, Cic. Dom. 17, 45 (dub.).
  2. II. To put off, defer (not in Cic. or Cæs.): diem prodicere, to adjourn the time of trial, Liv. 2, 61, 7; v. Weissenb. ad loc.; Liv. 6, 20, 11; 38, 51, 5: ubi praetor reo atque accusatoribus diem prodixisset, Tac. A. 2, 79 (in Cic. N. D. 2, 3, 7, the true read. is praedici; Cic. Div. 1, 42, 93, praedicunt).

prō-dictātor, ōris, m., a vice-dictator (only in Livy): prodictatorem populus creavit Q. Fabium Maximum, Liv. 22, 8, 6; instead of which: pro dictatore, id. 22, 31 fin.

prōdictĭo, ōnis, f. [prodico, II.], a deferring, adjournment, Fest. p. 253, b fin. Müll.

prōdictus, a, um, Part., from prodico.

Prŏdĭcus, i, m., = Πρόδικος,

  1. I. a Grecian sophist of Ceos, contemporary with Socrates, author of the story of The Choice of Hercules, Cic. Brut. 8, 30; id. de Or. 3, 32, 128; Quint. 3, 1, 12.
    Hence,
  2. II. Prŏdĭcĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Prodicus: Prodicius Hercules, Cic. Off. 1, 32, 118.