praestantia
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. pl. pres. act. part.nom. pl. pres. act. part.voc. pl. pres. act. part. - Entry →praestantia, praestantiae:
Feminine · Noun · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
excellence, outstanding excellence, pre-eminence, superiority;
abl. sg.nom. sg.voc. sg. - 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. pl. (n.)nom. pl. (n.)voc. pl. (n.)
Examples
- A
Liber VI
Aulus Gellius
"...autem nominaque edulium et domicilia ciborum omnibus aliis praestantia, quae profunda ingluvies vestigavit, quae Varro obprobrans exsecutus..." - A
Liber I
Aulus Gellius
"...philosophum dicit in reperienda modulandaque status longitudinisque eius praestantia. Nam cum fere constaret curriculum stadii, quod est Pisis..." - M
Liber XII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...actionis gratia. Sed plurimum ex his valet animi praestantia quam nec metus frangat nec adclamatio terreat nec audientium..." - M
Liber VI
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...oportuisset fateretur? Ergo et illi captavit ex ipsa praestantia animi favorem et in locum lacrimarum eius ipse successit..." - M
VI
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...ipsis in rebus adversis praesidium parenti labore atque praestantia solveret lucis usuram ubicumque, nisi forte non sumus parentes..." - M
Liber Quintus
Marcus Tullius Cicero from De Finibus
"...appellari solent, quarum est excellens in animorum laude praestantia. Prioris generis est docilitas, memoria; quae fere omnia appellantur..." - M
Liber Quartus
Marcus Tullius Cicero from De Finibus
"...displicuit ea, quae tributa est animi virtutibus tanta praestantia? An quae de prudentia, de cognitione rerum, de coniunctione..." - P
Metamorphoses XII
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...tempora tecta gerebat pelle lupi saevique vicem praestantia teli cornua vara boum multo rubefacta cruore. 'Huic..."
