prevail Copy link Outline I. To prove the stronger1. vinco, vīci, ctum (trans.), 32. praevăleo, ui, 2 (not in Cic.)II. To be in force, have currency1. tĕneo, ui, ntum, 22. praevăleo, 2 (late and rare)III. To prevail upon, i. e. induce1. addūco, indūco (the latter esp. with ref. to something bad or wrong)2. exōro, 1 (by entreaties)3. expr. by impetro, 1 (to obtain by asking) • prevail: I. To prove the stronger: 1. vinco, vīci, ctum (trans.), 3: the stronger party p.'d over the better one, major pars meliorem vicit, Liv. 21, 4, init.: also absol., that party p.'d, vicit pars illa, Sall. Jug. 16. 2. praevăleo, ui, 2 (not in Cic.): to p. by virtue of authority, auctoritate p., Suet. Gal. 19: which consideration should p., utrum praevaleat, Tac. A. 1, 58: occasionally with abl. (like a compar. degree): destiny p.'d over counsel, praevalebant fata consiliis, Vell. 2, 118. II. To be in force, have currency: 1. tĕneo, ui, ntum, 2: the custom has p.'d, tenuit consuetudo, ut ..., Quint. 2, init.: Liv. Also comp. obtĭneo, 2: the report has p.'d, fama obtinuit, Liv. 21, 46, extr. 2. praevăleo, 2 (late and rare): in all Asia this custom p.s, tota Asia hic mos p., Plin. 17, 22, 35 § 181. Freq. expr. by esse: he said the custom did not p. among the Greeks, negavit moris esse Graecorum, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 26, 66: v. custom. To begin to p., p. more and more: (1). incrēbresco, brui (-besco, -bui): this custom which has begun to p., haec consuetudo quae increbruit, Cic. Ph. 14, 5, init.: Pl. (N.B.--The perf. tenses may often be rendered simply by to prevail: cf. example given, and id. Verr. 2, 3, 7, haec quae nunc increbruit disciplina, which now p.s.) So percrebresco (esp. of reports): Cic.: Caes. (2). invălesco, ui, 2 (to gain ground): the practice p.s more and more, consuetudo magis i., Quint. 2, 1, init. See also to spread. (3). invĕtĕrasco, āvi, 3 (to become rooted): Caes. B. G. 5, 41. III. To prevail upon, i. e. induce: 1. addūco, indūco (the latter esp. with ref. to something bad or wrong): v. to induce. 2. exōro, 1 (by entreaties): let me p. upon you, sine te exorem, Ter. Heaut. 5, 5, 6: foll. by ut and subj., Cic. R. Com. 16, 46. 3. expr. by impetro, 1 (to obtain by asking): he p.s upon the Sequani to allow ..., impetrat a Sequanis ut patiantur ..., Caes. B. G. 1, 9: how far you may allow yourself to be p.'d on, quid patiare a te impetrari, Cic. Am. 20, 76.
PREVAIL Copy link • PREVAILTo obtain force, currency, etc., invalescere, convalescere: ingravescere (to gain strength): increbrescere: percrebrescere (to become frequent or common): inveterascere (to take deep root): serpere (to spread abroad gradually and imperceptibly) late se diffundere: late serpere (to spread abroad widely): to prevail throughout anything, diffundi or se diffundere per aliquid; pervadere per aliquid: a fever prevails, febris augetur, increscit: luxury began to prevail, luxuria pullulare incipiebat (Nep., Cat., 2, 3). To be in force, have influence, vigere; increbruisse; invaluisse; obtinere (post-Augustan). Anybody’s opinion ought to have prevailed, alicujus consilium valere debuit. To conquer, Vid: PREVAIL UPON, movere, adducere, perducere, impellere aliquem ad, or in aliquid or ut faciat aliquid. He could not be prevailed upon to take the oath, adduci non potuit ut juraret (Caes.). I cannot prevail on myself to, etc., a me or ab animo meo impetrare non possum ut (faciam aliquid); animum or in animum inducere non possum, facere or ut faciam aliquid; not to do it, quin faciam.