praestetur
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;
sg. pres. pass. subj. 3rd
Examples
Thyestes
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...uultus obruat maestos coma. quam foeda iaceat barba. Praestetur fides. Fratrem iuuat uidere. Complexus mihi redde expetitos. Quidquid..."XI
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...omnium mortalium nomine peto, ne cui nocenti poenae praestetur arbitrium. infinitam, iudices, sceleribus aperitis audaciam, si poenam licet..."Panegyricus
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger)
"...metiantur: et tanto magis digni, quibus honor omnis praestetur a nobis, quia non est necesse. Iustisne de causis..."