praelate
Dictionary entries
- Entry →praefero, praeferre, praetuli, praelatus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Frequent
carry in front; prefer; display; offer; give preference to;
voc. sg. perf. pass. part.
Examples
Liber I
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...tonse Ligur, quondam per colla decorecrinibus effusis toti praelate Comatae,et quibus inmitis placatur sanguine diroTeutates horrensque feris..."Metamorphoses VIII
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...fugis' exclamat 'meritorum auctore relicta, o patriae praelate meae, praelate parenti? quo fugis, inmitis, cuius victoria nostrum..."