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
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..."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..."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..."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..."