preliminary
preliminary
adj.
A preliminary examination before a magistrate: P. ἀνάκρισις, ἡ.
Preliminary decree: P. προβούλευμα, τό.
Preliminary remarks: P. and V. προοίμιον, τό, V. φροίμιον, τό.
Mention as a preliminary, v.: P. and V. ὑ̆πειπεῖν (2nd aor.).
They find most of the preliminaries already compleled by their partisans: P. καταλαμβάνουσι τὰ πλεῖστα τοῖς ἑταίροις προειργασμένα (Thuc. 8.65).
adj.
A preliminary examination before a magistrate: P. ἀνάκρισις, ἡ.
Preliminary decree: P. προβούλευμα, τό.
Preliminary remarks: P. and V. προοίμιον, τό, V. φροίμιον, τό.
Mention as a preliminary, v.: P. and V. ὑ̆πειπεῖν (2nd aor.).
They find most of the preliminaries already compleled by their partisans: P. καταλαμβάνουσι τὰ πλεῖστα τοῖς ἑταίροις προειργασμένα (Thuc. 8.65).
PRELIMINARY
antecedens.
antecedens.
preliminary: Phr.: to make a few p. remarks, pauca praefari, Liv. pref.: a p. skirmish (and fig., of the opening of a speech), prolusio, Cic. de Or. 2, 80, 325: also, praelusio [atque praecursio], Plin. Ep. 6, 13, extr.: so, proludere, to engage in a p. skirmish, Cic. l. c.: these delays are p. to a better life, per has [mortalis aevi] moras illi meliori vitae proluditur, Sen. Ep. 102, 23 a p. (judicial) inquiry, praejudicium, Quint 5, 2, 1: relating to such an inquiry, praejudicialis, Gai. 4, 44. In pl as subs.: the p.s, esp. of negotiation: these p.s having been gone through, *his rebus rite peractis; quum omnia ex ordine peracta essent.