praecursĭo
ōnis, f.
I.
a coming or going before. *
I.
In gen.: sine praecursione visorum, Cic. Fat. 19, 44.—
II.
In partic. *
A.
In milit. lang., a preliminary combat, a skirmish, Plin. Ep. 6, 13, 6.—
B.
In rhet. lang., a preparation of the hearer, Cic. Top. 15, 59.—
C.
The office or work of a forerunner, the mission of John the Baptist, Aug. Tract. in Johan. 4, 6.