anteponebat
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;
sg. imperf. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
Liber Secundus
Marcus Tullius Cicero from De Finibus
"...igitur . nec lapathi suavitatem acupenseri Galloni Laelius anteponebat, sed suavitatem ipsam neglegebat; quod non faceret, si in voluptate..."Dialogus de Oratoribus
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from Minor Works
"...Illi enim antiquos mirabantur, ipse suorum temporum eloquentiam anteponebat; nec ulla re magis eiusdem aetatis oratores praecurrit quam..."