=posterus, a, um= [=post=], adj., _following_, _next_; comp. =posterior, us=, gen. =ōris=, _later_; sup. =postrēmus=, _last_, _lowest_; =ad postērum=, _finally_; as subst., =posterī, ōrum=, pl. m., _descendants_, _posterity_. =postquam= or =post … quam= [=post= + =quam=], conj., _after_, _when_. =postrēmō= [=posterus=], adv., _at last_, _finally_. =Postumius, ī=, m., see =Albīnus=. =Postumus, ī=, m., _(M. Cassiānus) Postumus_, one of the Thirty Tyrants. =potēns, entis= [=possum=], adj., _powerful_. =potestās, ātis= [=possum=], f., _power_, _might_; _opportunity_, _permission_; _authority_, _sovereignty_. =potior, īrī, ītus sum= [=potis=, _able_], _to get possession_, _acquire_. =potius= [comp. of =potis=, _able_], adv., sup. =potissimum=; _rather_, _more_, _sooner_. =prae=, prep. with abl., _before_, _in front of_, _in comparison with_. =praebeō=, see habeō. =praecēdō=, see =cēdō=. =praeceps, cipitis= [=prae= + =caput=], adj., _headlong_, _hasty_; _steep_, _precipitous_. =praecipiō=, see =capiō=. =praecipitō, āre, āvī, ātus= [=praeceps=], _to throw headlong_, _cast down_; _rush down_. =praecipuē= [=praecipuus=], adv., _chiefly_, _principally_, _especially_. =praecipuus, a, um= [=praecipiō=], adj., _special_, _particular_; _eminent_, _prominent_. =praeclārus, a, um= [=prae= + =clārus=], adj., _very bright_ or _brilliant_, _excellent_, _distinguished_. =praeda, ae=, f., _booty_, _spoil_, _plunder_. =praefectūra, ae=, f., _the office of overseer_, _superintendence_; _praefecture_. =praefectus, ī=, m., _overseer_, _superintendent_; _praefect_. =praeferō=, see =ferō=. =praeficiō=, see =faciō=. =praemium, ī= [=prae= + =emō=], n., _reward_, _prize_. =Praeneste, is=, n., a town in Latium east of Rome, modern Palestrina. =Praenestīnī, ōrum=, pl. m., _the inhabitants of Praeneste_. =praeparō=, see =parō=. =praepōnō=, see =pōnō=. =praesēns, entis= [=praesum=], adj., _at hand_, _present_. =praeses, sidis= [=praesideō=], m., _a protector_, _guard_, _defender_; _president_. =praesidium, ī= [=praesideō=], n., _help_, _aid_, _defense_; _defensive force_, _garrison_; _fort_, _station_, _post_. =praestō=, see =stō=. =praesum=, see =sum=. =praeter=, prep. with acc., _past_, _beyond_; _contrary to_, _against_; _besides_, _except_. =praetereā= [=praeter= + =is=], adv., _in addition to this_, _besides_, _moreover_. =praetermittō=, see =mittō=. =praetexō, ere, uī, tus= [=texō=, _to weave_], to provide with a border; =toga praetexta=, _a_ (purple) _bordered toga_, worn by magistrates and freeborn children till the sixteenth or seventeenth year, when they became of age and assumed the _toga virīlis_, which was wholly white; the girls wore the _toga praetexta_ until they married. =praetor, ōris= [orig. =praeitor=, from =prae= + =eō=], m., _a leader_, _commander_; _praetor_, _magistrate_, _judge_.