praestolorとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From the adverb praestō with the unusual infix -lā-. Compare ambulō.

発音

• (Classical Latin) IPA: [prae̯ˈstoː.ɫɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: [preˈst̪ɔː.lor]

動詞

praestōlor (present infinitive praestōlārī or praestōlārier, perfect active praestōlātus sum); first conjugation, deponent

1. to await, wait for
   • 63 BCE, Cicero, Catiline Orations Oratio in Catilinam Prima in Senatu Habita.24:

     Quamquam quid ego tē invītem, ā quō iam sciam esse praemissōs, quī tibi ad Forum Aurēlium praestōlārentur armātī; […] .

     And yet, why should I invite you, when I already know that men have been sent ahead by you, armed, who are waiting for you at the Forum Aurelium; […] .

   • 121 CE, Suetonius, The Twelve Caesars 5 13.period1:

     Ē plēbe homō nocte mediā iūxtā cubiculum eius cum pūgiōne dēprehensus est; repertī et equestris ōrdinis duo in pūblicō cum dolōne ac vēnātōriō cultrō praestōlantēs, alter ut ēgressum theātrō, alter ut sacrificantem apud Mārtis aedem adorerētur.

     A man from the plebeian class was caught in the middle of the night by his room with a dagger; there were also found two from the equestrian class with a sword-cane and hunting knife awaiting in public, one to assault him having exited the theater, the other sacrificing in the temple of Mars.

2. to expect

Conjugation

The present passive infinitive in -ier is a rare poetic form which is attested.

参照

• “praestolor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “praestolor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “praestolor”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.