pray for Copy link Outline 1. prĕcor, 1 (most gen. term)2. rŏgo, 1 (with double acc.3. pĕto, īvi and ĭi, ītum, 3 (to beg4. ōro, 1 (rare of entreaty addressed to the gods)5. posco, pŏposci, ĭtum, 3 (also rare) • pray for: 1. prĕcor, 1 (most gen. term): often foll. by double acc. of the person addressed and the thing prayed for: for what are we to p. to the gods, quid deos precamur? Cic. N. D. 1, 44, 122: but except when the object is a neut. pron. (cf. L. G. § 253) it is better to say, precari ab aliquo: also with ut and subj., Cic. Rab. perd. 2, 5 (precor ab iis, ut ... patiantur): to p. for prosperity to the state, felicitatem reipublicae p., Suet. Aug. 58: Cic. Comp. dēprĕcor, 1: with two senses: (a). to p. earnestly: to p. earnestly for something for yourself, d. tibi aliquid, Cic. de Or. 3, 3, 9: Hirt. (b). oftener, to p. for escape from something: to p. (entreat) for exemption from death, mortem d., Caes. B. G. 7, 40. (N.B.--Deprecor is rarely if ever used of praying to deities.) 2. rŏgo, 1 (with double acc.: chiefly poet.): to p. to the gods for repose, otium divos r., Hor. Od. 2, 16, 1: Mart. 3. pĕto, īvi and ĭi, ītum, 3 (to beg: with acc. and prep. ab, a): I pray for peace and pardon from the gods, a diis pacem veniamque peto, Cic. Rab. perd. 2, 5: more fully, prece petere, Ov. Met. 8, 271. 4. ōro, 1 (rare of entreaty addressed to the gods): Virg. Aen. 9, 24 (multa deos orans): Hor. 5. posco, pŏposci, ĭtum, 3 (also rare): Virg. Aen. 4, 53 (posce deos veniam).