praestitimus
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. perf. act. ind. 1st
Examples
Poenulus
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...agit cluet victoria; sicut nos hodie inter alias praestitimus pulchritudine. AD. Stulta, soror, magis es quam volo..."Liber VI
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...erat ne ipsi quidem fecerunt. Pacem, quam nos praestitimus, eam a vobis petimus; bellum eo, sicubi est, avertatis..."