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Latin
Etymology
From the adverb praestō with the unusual infix -lā-. Compare ambulō.
Pronunciation
Verb
praestōlor (present infinitive praestōlārī or praestōlārier, perfect active praestōlātus sum); first conjugation, deponent
- to await, wait for
c. 69 CE – 122 CE,
Suetonius,
De vita Caesarum 5 13.period1:
- Ē plēbe homō nocte mediā iūxtā cubiculum eius cum pūgiōne dēprehensus est; repertī et equestris ōrdinis duo in pūblicō cum dolōne ac vēnātōriō cultrō praestōlantēs, alter ut ēgressum theātrō, alter ut sacrificantem apud Mārtis aedem adorerētur.
- A man from the plebeian class was caught in the middle of the night by his room with a dagger; there were also found two from the equestrian class with a sword-cane and hunting knife awaiting in public, one to assault him having exited the theater, the other sacrificing in the temple of Mars.
- to expect
Conjugation
1The present passive infinitive in -ier is a rare poetic form which is attested.
References
- “praestolor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “praestolor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- praestolor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.