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prae-lŏquor, cūtus (quūtus), 3, v. dep. a. and n.
- I. To speak beforehand or first, to speak before another, to forestall in speaking: occupas praeloqui, quae mi’st oratio, Plaut. Rud. 1, 4, 28; cf. id. ib. 1, 2, 31: quod mihi causam praeloquendi dedit, Plin. Ep. 8, 21, 3.
- II. To say beforehand, in the way of preface or introduction, to premise, Quint. 4, 1, 2.
Absol., Plin. Ep. 3, 4, 3: de aliquā re, Quint. 5, 13, 60: libri amplitudo non sinit me longiore epistulā praeloqui, Plin. Ep. 4, 5, 3.
- III. To foretell, predict, Lact. Epit. 47, 2.