prae-damno
āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.
I.
to condemn beforehand, to precondemn (not in Cic. or Cæs.).
I.
Lit.: praedamnatus collega, Liv. 4, 41 fin.: amicum, Suet. Aug. 56.—
II.
Trop.: spem, i. e. to give it up or renounce beforehand, Liv. 27, 18, 8: se perpetuae infelicitatis, Val. Max. 6, 9.