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LNS

imprecātiō, imprecātiōnis

imprecor

noun (f., 3^rd declension)

an invoking of evil, imprecation
prayer

Abbreviations

imprecātio (inpr-), ōnis, f. imprecor, an invoking of evil, imprecation (postAug.): exsecraris illum et caput sanctum tibi dira imprecatione defigis, curse, Sen. Ben. 6, 35, 1; id. Ep. 94, 52: imprecationes nefariae, Amm. 29, 1, 25: dira, Plin. 5, 8, 8, § 45.

— In late Lat., in a good sense, a prayer: pontificis, Hier. Ep. 130, n. 2.