praestans
Dictionary entries
- Entry →praesto, praestare, praestavi, praestatus:
Verb · 1st conjugation
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
excel, surpass, be outstanding/superior/best/greater/preferable (to); prevail;; furnish/supply, make available, hand over; tender/offer/present; play part;; apply, bring to bear; fulfill, make good; keep word; be responsible for;; it is better;
acc. sg. pres. act. part.nom. sg. pres. act. part.voc. sg. pres. act. part. - Entry →praestans, praestantis (gen.), praestantior -or -us, praestantissimus -a -um:
Adjective · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
excellent, outstanding (in quality/worth/degree/importance), surpassing all;
acc. sg. (n.)nom. sg. (all)voc. sg. (all)
Examples

Liber Primus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...multum patrio pinguescere luctu. haud tulit armorum praestans animique Coroebus seque ultro lectis iuuenum, qui robore primi famam..."- P
Aeneid XII
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...Lavinia coniunx.' Olli sedato respondit corde Latinus: 'o praestans animi iuvenis, quantum ipse feroci virtute exsuperas, tanto..." - P
Metamorphoses IV
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...currus Aurora diurnos. hic hominum cunctos ingenti corpore praestans Iapetionides Atlas fuit: ultima tellus rege..." - G
FRAGMENTA HISTORIARUM
Gaius Sallustius Crispus (Sallust)
"...nequid res publica detrimenti capiat. Fugam maturabat. Numeroque praestans, privos ipse militiae. Apud Mutinam. SERVIVS Cosas, civitas Tusciae..." - P
Agricola
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from Minor Works
"...gestantes, cum inter pluris duces virtute et genere praestans nomine Calgacus apud contractam multitudinem proelium poscentem in hunc..."
