praestantium
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;
gen. pl. pres. act. part. - Entry →praestantia, praestantiae:
Feminine · Noun · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
excellence, outstanding excellence, pre-eminence, superiority;
gen. pl. - 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;
gen. pl. (all)
Examples
Liber V
Aulus Gellius
"...nobilium atque in morum disciplinarumque veterum doctrina memoriaque praestantium disceptatio quaedam fuit praesente et audiente me de gradu..."Liber Tertius
Marcus Tullius Cicero from De Finibus
"...proavi mei, ceterorumque virorum fortium atque omni virtute praestantium facta, dicta, consilia cognoscens nulla animo afficiatur voluptate..."
