praestantiorem
Dictionary entries
- 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. (m./f.)
Examples
Liber II
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...potentissimum discendi genus est. Sed et praestantiorem si didicisset futurum fuisse dicere licet: neque enim orationes scribere..."Liber Quartus
Marcus Tullius Cicero from De Finibus
"...antiqui non tam acute optabiliorem illam vitam putant, praestantiorem, beatiorem, Stoici autem tantum modo praeponendam in seligendo..."