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
- L
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..." - M
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..." - G
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..."