entreaty Copy link Outline 1. prĕcem, e, f. (nom. and gen. sing. obsol.; and more freq. in pl.2. rŏgātio, rŏgātus (the latter only in abl.)3. obsecrātio (earnest appeal)4. obtestātio (like preced., but stronger)5. dēprĕcātio (for forgiveness) • entreaty: 1. prĕcem, e, f. (nom. and gen. sing. obsol.; and more freq. in pl.: any prayer or earnest request): neither by e.s nor bribes to be led astray, nec prece, nec pretio a recta via deduci, Auct. Her.: he made use of the most urgent, most importunate e.s, omnibus p. petere contendit, ut ..., Caes. B. G. 5, 6: comp. fatigare aliquem precibus, Liv. 1, 11: v. prayer. 2. rŏgātio, rŏgātus (the latter only in abl.): v. request. 3. obsecrātio (earnest appeal): Join: prece et obsecratione (humili) uti, Cic. 4. obtestātio (like preced., but stronger): to descend to the most humiliating e.s, ad infimas ob. procumbere, Tac. A. 1, 12, init. Join: in preces obtestationesque verti, Liv. 5. dēprĕcātio (for forgiveness): deprecatio ejus facti, Cic. Part. 37, 131. Phr.: obtained by e., to which no claim of right can be made, prĕcārius, Liv.: Tac.: adv., precario, by entreaty, Tac.