praecia
praecĭa, ae, m. [prae-cieo],
- a public crier or herald who preceded the flamen and bade the artisans leave off their work for a while, in order not to desecrate the solemnities, Paul. ex Fest. p. 224 Müll.; Ap. Met. 11, p. 261, 28 (not found) (acc. to conject.; codd. plerique).—They were also called praeciamitatores, Fest. p. 249 Müll. (acc. to Müller, observation on praecia, p. 224, a, praeciamitatores is perhaps corrupted from praeciaminatores, which is formed from praeciaminare, a lengthened form for praeciare, from praecia; but the word was more probably corrupted at an early period from praeclamitatores).
praecĭa, v. preciae.
praecia, ae, m. (*prae-cieo), ein Ausrufer, der vor den flamines herging und verkündigte, daß die Handwerker ihre Arbeit so lange beiseite legen und den Gottesdienst nicht entweihen sollten, Paul. ex Fest. 224, 1. – auch praeciamitātor gen., Fest. p. 249 (a), 20. Paul. ex Fest. 248, 4 (wo aber viell. mit Madvig Adv. crit. 1. p. 33 praeciae, viatores od. mit Hertz Jahrbb. für Philol. 103, 270 praeciae, praeclamitatores zu lesen).
præcĭa (forme incertaine) = crieur précédant les flamines, qui avertissait les artisans de cesser leurs travaux : P. Fest. 224.
Praecia
A crier who went before the Flamens on holy days, ordering the people to cease from work while a procession was passing, lest the priests should see them, and thus the rites be profaned ( Fest. s. h. v.).