precibus

precibus is a Latin form of prex, meaning “prayer, request, entreaty (usually pl. preces)”. It is the ablative plural feminine noun or dative plural feminine noun.

Found 355 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Caesar, De Bello Gallico 1.16.6: quod, cum neque emi neque ex agris sumi possit, tam necessario tempore, tam propinquis hostibus ab iis non sublevetur, praesertim cum magna ex parte eorum precibus adductus bellum susceperit[; multo etiam gravius quod sit destitutus queritur].

Terence, Eunuchus 5.8.1054: Precibus, pretio, ut haeream in parte aliqua tandem apud Thaidem.

All forms of prex (declension table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Lewis & Short, A Latin Dictionary (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.