prayer Copy link Outline 1. (prex), prĕcis, f.2. prĕcātio (form of p.)3. obsecrātio (solemn public p.)4. supplĭcium (humble p. • prayer: 1. (prex), prĕcis, f.: chiefly used in pl., though the abl. sing. is not infreq.: to seek anything with anxious p., aliquid sollicita p. petere, Ov. M. 8, 271: Cic. (= entreaty): to address worship, p.s, to the gods, diis cultus, preces adh here, Cic. N. D. 1, 2, init.; preces admovere, Ov. Pont. 3, 7, 36; fundere (poet.), Virg. Aen. 5, 234: to hear p.s, preces audire, exaudire (v. to hear, III.): to be moved by p.s, precibus flecti, Virg. Aen. 2, 689; moveri, Ov. Her. 7, 3: v. entreaty. 2. prĕcātio (form of p.): the form of p. used in opening the comitia, sollennis comitiorum p., Cic. Mur. init.: to "have p.s," precationes facere, Liv. 39, 18, med. Also used to denote a particular p. or petition: to offer up the like p., simili p. uti, Cic. Tusc. 1, 47, 113 (perh. in order to avoid the use of prece). 3. obsecrātio (solemn public p.): p. was offered up by the people, obs. facta est a populo, Liv. 4, 21, med.: cf. id. 27, 11, med. 4. supplĭcium (humble p.: rare in this sense, and only in pl.): Sall. Cat. 52. Formula of p., carmen, verba: v. formula. Phr.: having uttered this p., haec ita precatus, Liv. 8, 9, med.