take beforehand
take beforehand:
1. praesūmo, mpsi and msi, mptum and mtum, 3 (to t. one thing before another): to t. cold water before eating, p. cibis frigidum, Plin. 28. 4, 14: to t. a meal at home beforehand, domi p. dapes, Ov. A. A. 3, 757: to t. antidotes beforehand, p. remedia, Tac. Ann. 14, 3. Fig.: the judges hear with impatience one who t.s their functions on himself beforehand, inviti judices audiunt praesumentem partes suas, Quint. 11, 1, 27.
2. praecĭpio, cēpi, ceptum, 3 (to t. in advance): unless we have t.n water beforehand, nisi aquam praecepimus, Lucr. 6, 803: to t. possession of the shores beforehand, litora p., Virg. Aen. 10, 277: cf. Liv. 32, 16.
3. praeoccŭpo, 1 (to seize beforehand): to t. possession of the pass beforehand, saltum p., Nep. Dat. 7, 2: to t. the advantageous positions beforehand, loca opportuna p., Liv. 44, 3, ad init. Fig.: fear had t.n possession of their minds beforehand, timor praeoccupaverat mentes, Caes. B. G. 6, 41.
4. praerĭpio, rĭpui, reptum, 3 (to snatch first): it t.s food before the other young birds, praeripit cibos reliquis pullis, Plin. 10, 9, 11.
1. praesūmo, mpsi and msi, mptum and mtum, 3 (to t. one thing before another): to t. cold water before eating, p. cibis frigidum, Plin. 28. 4, 14: to t. a meal at home beforehand, domi p. dapes, Ov. A. A. 3, 757: to t. antidotes beforehand, p. remedia, Tac. Ann. 14, 3. Fig.: the judges hear with impatience one who t.s their functions on himself beforehand, inviti judices audiunt praesumentem partes suas, Quint. 11, 1, 27.
2. praecĭpio, cēpi, ceptum, 3 (to t. in advance): unless we have t.n water beforehand, nisi aquam praecepimus, Lucr. 6, 803: to t. possession of the shores beforehand, litora p., Virg. Aen. 10, 277: cf. Liv. 32, 16.
3. praeoccŭpo, 1 (to seize beforehand): to t. possession of the pass beforehand, saltum p., Nep. Dat. 7, 2: to t. the advantageous positions beforehand, loca opportuna p., Liv. 44, 3, ad init. Fig.: fear had t.n possession of their minds beforehand, timor praeoccupaverat mentes, Caes. B. G. 6, 41.
4. praerĭpio, rĭpui, reptum, 3 (to snatch first): it t.s food before the other young birds, praeripit cibos reliquis pullis, Plin. 10, 9, 11.