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praecursor , ōris, m. id.,
I.one who runs before.
I. A forerunner, precursor, of a servant, Plin. Pan. 76 fin.; one who precedes on the same path, Lact. 6, 7, 3.— “Esp.,” the forerunner of Christ, John the Baptist, Aug. Tract. in Johan. 4, 6; 4, 8.—
II. Trop.: “flos praecursor indolis bonae,” Nazar. Pan. Const. 3 med.—
III. In milit. lang., an advanced guard, vanguard, Liv. 26, 17 fin.—
B. Transf., a scout, spy (cf.: “emissarius, speculator),” Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 41, § 108.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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    • Cicero, Against Verres, 2.5.108
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 26, 17
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