praeferas
Dictionary entries
- Entry →praefero, praeferre, praetuli, praelatus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Frequent
carry in front; prefer; display; offer; give preference to;
sg. pres. act. subj. 2nd
Examples
Liber X
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...inter veteres legar poetas, Nec multos mihi praeferas priores, Uno sed tibi sim minor Catullo. LXXIX Ad lapidem..."Liber V
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...Phalantini, concha Lucrini delicatior stagni, cui nec lapillos praeferas Erythraeos nec modo politum pecudis Indicae dentem niuesque primas..."