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
- M
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..." - P
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..."