praestiterint
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;
pl. futperf. act. ind. 3rdpl. perf. act. subj. 3rd
Examples
Liber III
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DE IRA
"...materia est. Carissimis enim irascimur quod minora nobis praestiterint quam mente concepimus quamque alii tulerunt, cum utriusque..."XII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...conditores aequaverint, non ipsi dii plus praestiterint. tibi nos, tibi liberos nostros, tibi quicquid homini iocundum est, tibi..."
Liber Quartus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...Ladon nec Xanthus uterque Spercheosque minas Centaureusque Lycormas praestiterint; tu pace mihi, tu nube sub ipsa armorum festasque..."Liber II
Gaius Phaedrus from FABVLARVM AESOPIARVM LIBRI QVINQVE
"...ferusbubus quietis agere coepit gratias,hospitium adverso quod praestiterint tempore.respondit unus 'Salvum te cupimus quidem,sed, ille..."