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
- L
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..." - M
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..." - T
Liber XLV
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...sicut prioribus bellis, ad omnia paratos fore. ne praestaremus, per uos stetit, qui de quacumque causa tum aspernati..." - T
Liber XXVIII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...quod passi sumus ut ad ultimum fidem uobis praestaremus, tamen ea uestra merita imperatorumque uestrorum erga nos fuerunt..."