praestemus
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. pres. act. subj. 1st
Examples
Libri XI-XIII
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...sanguinem transeunt), idem in his quibus aluntur ingenia praestemus, ut quaecumque hausimus non patiamur integra esse, ne aliena..."Liber II
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DE BENEFICIIS
"...sunt cuique facultates suae uiresque, ne aut plus praestemus, quam possumus, aut minus. Aestimanda est eius persona..."Panegyricus
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger)
"...identidem cogitemus, quam sit indignum, si maius principibus praestemus obsequium, qui servitute civium, quam qui libertate laetantur..."