precursor
precursor
subs.
Use adj. P. πρόδρομος (also Eur. I.A. 424, but the passage is doubtful).
subs.
Use adj. P. πρόδρομος (also Eur. I.A. 424, but the passage is doubtful).
PRECURSOR
PROP. praecursor (Liv.); prodromus (Cic. Att. 1 12 1); anteambulo (Suet. Vesp. 2).
Figuratively quasi dux consequents alicujus rei (Cic. Tusc. 4 30 64): praecursor in this sense late; but praecursor et emissarius alicujus for “a person’s precursor” if commissioned by him his emissary is classical (Cic.); zephyrus praenuntius veris (Lucr. 5 736; precursor of spring).
PROP. praecursor (Liv.); prodromus (Cic. Att. 1 12 1); anteambulo (Suet. Vesp. 2).
Figuratively quasi dux consequents alicujus rei (Cic. Tusc. 4 30 64): praecursor in this sense late; but praecursor et emissarius alicujus for “a person’s precursor” if commissioned by him his emissary is classical (Cic.); zephyrus praenuntius veris (Lucr. 5 736; precursor of spring).
precursor: praenuntius, f. -a: v. HARBINGER , FORERUNNER .