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anteponerer

Dictionary entries

  • 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;

    Entry →
    sg. imperf. pass. subj. 1st

Examples

  • M

    In Catilinam III

    Marcus Tullius Cicero from Catilinarian Orations

    "...patriciis hominibus oblatam neglegerent vestramque salutem suis opibus anteponerent, id non divinitus esse factum putatis, praesertim..."
  • M

    Liber Quartus

    Marcus Tullius Cicero from De Finibus

    "...expetendas esse dicebant, cum animum infinita quadam laude anteponerent corpori, virtutes quoque animi bonis corporis anteponebant..."
  • M

    Liber Secundus

    Marcus Tullius Cicero from De Finibus

    "...honesta et recta emolumentis omnibus et commodis anteponerent, nummum nullum attigisset. num igitur eum postea censes anxio animo..."
  • G

    BELLUM IUGURTHINUM

    Gaius Sallustius Crispus (Sallust)

    "...nobilitate reperti sunt, qui veram gloriam iniustae potentiae anteponerent, moveri civitas et dissensio civilis quasi permixtio terrae oriri..."
  • P

    Dialogus de Oratoribus

    Publius Cornelius Tacitus from Minor Works

    "...Agrippam, qui potest videri antiquus, nostrorum temporum disertis anteponere soletis, sed Ciceronem et Caesarem et Caelium et Calvum..."

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