praestaremus
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;
pl. imperf. act. subj. 1st
Examples
Liber II
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from QUAESTIONES NATURALES
"...traditi a iudice aut magistratu et carnifici nostro praestaremus obsequium ; quid interest utrum ad mortem iussi eamus..."IX
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...tanto opere laudaret, pater, si hoc amico praestaremus? haec est celebranda virtus, haec animi suspicienda moderatio, vincere iram..."Liber XLV
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...sicut prioribus bellis, ad omnia paratos fore. ne praestaremus, per uos stetit, qui de quacumque causa tum aspernati..."Liber XXVIII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...quod passi sumus ut ad ultimum fidem uobis praestaremus, tamen ea uestra merita imperatorumque uestrorum erga nos fuerunt..."