praeferens
Dictionary entries
- Entry →praefero, praeferre, praetuli, praelatus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Frequent
carry in front; prefer; display; offer; give preference to;
acc. sg. pres. act. part.nom. sg. pres. act. part.voc. sg. pres. act. part.
Examples
- L
de Vita Beata
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DIALOGI
"...ululat laurumque linteatus senex et medio lucernam die praeferens conclamat iratum aliquem deorum, concurritis et auditis ac diuinum..." - L
Octavia
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...Agrippina Tellure rupta Tartaro gressum extuli, Stygiam cruenta praeferens dextra facem thalamis scelestis: nubat his flammis meo Poppaea..." - L
Oedipus
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...tenemus callidi socios doli: mentitur ista praeferens fraudi deos uates, tibique sceptra despondet mea. Cr. Egone ut sororem..." - M
Liber X
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...Messala nitidus et candidus et quodam modo praeferens in dicendo nobilitatem suam, viribus minor. CXIV. C. vero Caesar..."