=praetōriānus, a, um= [=praetōrium=], adj., _belonging to the bodyguard_; _praetorian_; as subst., =praetōriānī, ōrum=, pl. m., _the praetorians_. =praetōrium, ī=, n., _the imperial bodyguard_. =praetōrius, a, um= [=praetor=], adj., _of_ or _belonging to the praetor_ or _commander_; as subst., =praetōrius, ī=, m., _a man of praetorian rank, an ex-praetor_. =praeveniō=, see =veniō=. =prandium, ī=, n., _lunch_. =prāvus, a, um=, adj., _crooked_, _wrong_; _perverse_, _wicked_. =*prehendō, ere, ī, hēnsus=, _to grasp_. =dē--dēprehendō, ere, ī, hēnsus=, _to seize_, _catch_; _surprise_, _detect_, _discover_. =re--reprehendō, ere, ī, hēnsus=, _to hold back_, _check_; _blame_, _criticise_, _reprove_. =premō, ere, pressī, pressus=, _to press_; _press hard_, _crush_. =ob--opprimō, ere, pressī, pressus=, _to crush utterly_, _overpower_, _overwhelm_. =pretium, ī=, n., _price_, _value_; _reward_, _money_, _ransom_. =prīmō= [=prīmus=], adv., _at first_. =prīmum= [=prīmus=], adv., _first_. =prīmus=, see =prior=. =prīnceps, cipis= [=prīmus= + =capio=], adj., _first_, _foremost_; as subst. m., _leading man_, _chief_, _leader_. =prīncipātus, ūs= [=prīnceps=], m., _a chief authority_ (in the state); _headship_, _leadership_; _reign_, _sovereignty_. =prīncipium, ī= [=prīnceps=], n., _beginning_, _origin_. =prior, us=, gen. =priōris=, comp. adj., former, previous, first, prior; sup. =prīmus=, _first_, _foremost_. =prīscus, a, um= [=prius=], adj., _former_, _elder_; _primitive_, _strict_. =Prīscus, ī=, m., see =Tarquinius=. =prīstinus, a, um= [=prius=], adj., _former_, _old_. =prius= [=prior=], adv., _before_, _sooner_, _previously_, _first of all_. =prīvātim= [=prīvātus=], adv., _privately_, _as a single individual_. =prīvātus, a, um= [=prīvō=, _to set apart_], adj., _private_, _individual_; as subst., =prīvātus, ī=, m., _a man in private life_, _a private citizen_. =prīvīgna, ae=, f., _a stepdaughter_. =prīvīgnus, ī=, m., _a stepson_. =prō=, prep. with abl., _in front of_, _before in behalf of_; _in comparison with_, _in accordance with_. =probe= [=probus=, estimable], adv., _right_, _well_, _properly_, _correctly_. =probrōsus, a, um= [=probrum=], adj., _shameful_, _ignominious_, _infamous_. =probrum, ī=, m., _a shameful act_, _base deed_; _immodesty_, _lewdness_; _insult_, _reproach_. =Probus, ī=, m., _(M. Aurēlius) Probus_, Roman emperor 276-282 A.D. =prōcēdō=, see =cēdō=. =prōclīvus, a, um= [=prō= + =clīvus=, _slope_], adj., _sloping_, _steep_; _liable_, _prone_; _subject_, _ready_. =prōcōnsul, is= [=prō=, _in place of_ + =cōnsul=], m., _a proconsul_, _governor_ of a province. =prōcōnsulātus, a, um= [=prōcōnsul=], adj., _the office of a proconsul_, _proconsulate_. =procul=, adv., _at a distance_, _far from_. =Proculus, ī=, m., a famous Roman jurist. =prōcumbō, ere, cubuī, cubitus= [=prō= + =cumbō=, _to lie_], _to lie down_, _sink_, _fall forward_; _fall_, _sink down_, _be beaten down_. =prōdō=, see =dō=.