LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verb

prae-mercor

Meaning

  1. to buy before

prae-mercor, ātus, 1, v. dep.,
I. to buy before or beforehand (ante - class.): praemercatur ancillam senex, Plaut. Merc. Arg. 2, 10; id. Ep. 3, 3, 25: ni pretio minus parcerent, eaque praemercarentur, should forestall the markets, Cass. Hem. ap. Plin. 32, 2, 10, § 20.

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What does prae-mercor mean in Latin?
prae-mercor, a verb, means “to buy before”.