precor

And, indeed, when I consult my "Pocket Oxford Latin Dictionary," I discover that the verb "precor" is translated "pray to, beseech, entreat" before we get to "ask for; invoke."

Training for the new translations 2009

Iterum precor et obtestor, vivite laeti: illad quod cor urit, negligite.

Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

Dii precor, et pietas, &c. She sees and knows her fault, and doth resist,

Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

* Mars pater te precor quaesoque ut calamitates: [5566] 1

Pneumatologia 1616-1683 1967

IV i 53 'sint precor hae [the Muses] saltem _faciles_ mihi', _EP_ II ii

The Last Poems of Ovid 43 BC-18? Ovid

The topic of Ovid as Pompeius 'property is to a certain extent foreshadowed in _EP_ I vii, throughout which Ovid refers to himself as a client of Messalinus' family: 'ecquis in extremo positus iacet orbe tuorum,/me tamen excepto, qui precor esse tuus?'

The Last Poems of Ovid 43 BC-18? Ovid

Geticasque sagittas/his precor ut uiuas et moriare locis '.

The Last Poems of Ovid 43 BC-18? Ovid

Ovid is here indirectly referring to his own situation: compare _EP_ III iii 107-8 'at tua _supplicibus_ domus est adsueta _iuuandis_,/_in quorum numero me precor esse uelis_'.

The Last Poems of Ovid 43 BC-18? Ovid

Accipe, Pompei, deductum carmen ab illo debitor est uitae qui tibi, Sexte, suae. qui seu non prohibes a me tua nomina poni, accedet meritis haec quoque summa tuis; siue trahis uultus, equidem peccasse fatebor, 5 delicti tamen est causa probanda mei. non potuit mea mens quin esset grata teneri; sit precor officio non grauis ira pio.

The Last Poems of Ovid 43 BC-18? Ovid

Finally, the genitive here is strongly supported by _Ibis_ 475-76 'ut Macedo rapidis icta est cum coniuge flammis,/sic precor _aetherii uindicis_ igne cadas'.

The Last Poems of Ovid 43 BC-18? Ovid