praestiterat
Dictionary entries
- Entry →praesto, praestare, praestiti, praestitus:
Verb · 1st conjugation
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- 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. pluperf. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
Phocion
Cornelius Nepos
"...male consuluerat, sed etiam quod amicitiae fidem non praestiterat. Namque auctus adiutusque a Demosthene eum, quem tenebat, ascenderat..."Liber II
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DE BENEFICIIS
"...illi inter alia hoc quoque diuus Augustus praestiterat, quod illum derisu et labore inrito liberauerat. Non patitur auiditas..."Liber V
Gaius Julius Caesar from COMMENTARIORUM LIBRI VII DE BELLO GALLICOCUM A. HIRTI SUPPLEMENTO
"...prima obsidione ad Ciceronem perfugerat suamque ei fidem praestiterat. Hic servo spe libertatis magnisque persuadet praemiis, ut litteras..."