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praeoccupatio

praeoccupatio, a seizing beforehand, preoccupation

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praeoccupatione Noun: feminine ablative singular of praeoccupatio

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praeoccŭpātĭo, ōnis, f. [praeoccupo].
  • A seizing beforehand, preoccupation: locorum praeoccupatio, Nep. Eum. 3, 6.—
  • II Rhet. fig., an anticipation of what properly comes afterwards, prolepsis, Beda, Schem. et Tropis init.—
  • III A disease that violently distends the abdomen: quae passio Graece emphragma, Latine praeoccupatio dicitur, Veg. Vet. 1, 40.

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