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praeventrix

praeventrix [LL praeventor+-ix] , (f.) that comes before or precedes (so as to show the way, in quots. of gratia). quidquid protodoctor Augustinus suique commanipulares evangelici in vinea et messe Domini profecere, salva ~ice Christi gratia, huic debetur primo Gosc. Transl. Aug. 43A; hic ‥ potuit fugam invadere gratia ~ice, et arreptus evadere gratia subsecutrice Map NC III 5 f. 43; illustret mentem ~ix gratia, ‥ fugiat Pelagiana lues Neckam SS IV proem. 1; verbum per quod fides prodit in actum, ~ix gratia utrimque legens incrementum Mir. Wulfst. I prol.; quicquit habet meriti preventrix gracia donat AncrR 50 (= Amund. I app. 420).

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