anteponamus
Dictionary entries
- Entry →antepono, anteponere, anteposui, antepositus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
set before (w/DAT), place/station before, serve (food); prefer, value above;
pl. pres. act. subj. 1st
Examples
Liber Tertius
Marcus Tullius Cicero from De Finibus
"...illud natura consequi, ut communem utilitatem nostrae anteponamus. ut enim leges omnium salutem singulorum saluti anteponunt..."Liber Secundus
Marcus Tullius Cicero from De Finibus
"...expetendam, dubium est, quin fundos et insulas amicis anteponamus? [84] Licet hic rursus ea commemores, quae optimis verbis..."