praestante
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;
abl. 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;
abl. sg. (all)
Examples
- C
Eumenes
Cornelius Nepos
"...exercitu Macedonum, viri cum claritate tum usu belli praestantes - Macedones vero milites ea tum erant fama, qua nunc..." - C
Timotheus
Cornelius Nepos
"...Huic in consilium dantur viri duo usu sapientiaque praestantes, [quorum consilio uteretur] pater et socer, quod..." - T
Liber III
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...socios scelerum atque ministros noctes atque dies niti praestante labore ad summas emergere opes, haec vulnera vitae..." - T
Liber II
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...certare ingenio, contendere nobilitate, noctes atque dies niti praestante labore ad summas emergere opes rerumque potiri. o miseras..." - D
Satura XV
Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis (Juvenal) from SATVRAE
"...infestis pugnam instaurare sagittis. terga fugae celeri praestant instantibus Ombis qui uicina colunt umbrosae Tentura palmae. labitur..." - D
Satura VI
Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis (Juvenal) from SATVRAE
"...pectore nec tremulis possunt insistere plantis: fortem animum praestant rebus quas turpiter audent. si iubeat coniunx, durum..." - L
Liber XVI
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...summa rapuisset; et fere quae impetu placent minus praestant ad manum relata; sed illud quoque multum est, primo..." - T
Truculentus
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...melle dulci dulcius. hoc tuis fortunis, Iuppiter, praestant meae. PHRON. Dan savium? DIN. Immo vel decem. PHRON..."
