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Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, 1443.praestō on page 1443
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praestāre to excel
praestāre is a Latin Verb that primarily means to excel.
Definitions for praestāre
Wheelock's Latin
Verb
- 1
to excel, exhibit, show, offer, supply, furnish
Oxford Latin Dictionary
Verb
- 1
To be outstanding or superior to others, excel, be best.
- 2
To be or do better than, be superior to, surpass, excel. (a) (w. dat.). (b) (w. acc.).
- 3
(a) To be more important, take precedence (over). (b) to be greater in quantity (than).
- 4
To be preferable, to be better or best. esp. (b) (w. acc. and inf.). (c) (w. inf.).
- 5
(w. iure) To prevail, hold good (in law).
Sentences with praestāre
Latin to English
Beneficia aliīs praestat ut amētur.Compare He shows kindnesses to others in order to be loved (so that he may be loved).
Novem ex ducibus nōs hortātī sunt ut plūs auxiliī praestārēmus.Compare Nine of the leaders urged us to supply more aid.
Cum auxilium offerre minimē vellent, nōluimus eīs beneficia multa praestāre.Compare Since they had very little wish to offer aid, we were unwilling to show them many favors.
Illī virtūte omnibus praestābant. Compare Those men used to excel all in courage.
Praestat enim nēminī imperāre quam alicui servīre: sine illo enim vīvere honestē licet, cum hōc vīvendi nūlla condiciō est. (M. Junius Brutus, fragment of De dictatura Pompei)Compare For it is better to give orders to no one than to be a slave to anyone: for without the former it is possible to live honorably, with the latter there is no way of living.
Praestabat castas humilis fortuna Latina quondam.Compare Humble circumstances formerly kept the Latin women chaste.
Noster duo eventus cerno, quantum eques Latinus Romanus praesto.Compare It will be seen by the fortunes of us two, how much a Latin knight excels a Roman.
Conjugation table for praestāre
Cactus2000
| ACTIVE | |
| Indicative present | Indicative imperfect |
| praestō praestās praestat praestāmus praestātis praestant | praestābam praestābās praestābat praestābāmus praestābātis praestābant |
| Indicative perfect | Indicative pluperfect |
| praestitī praestitistī praestitit praestitimus praestitistis praestitērunt / praestitēre | praestiteram praestiterās praestiterat praestiterāmus praestiterātis praestiterant |
| Indicative future | Indicative future perfect |
| praestābō praestābis praestābit praestābimus praestābitis praestābunt | praestiterō praestiteris praestiterit praestiterimus praestiteritis praestiterint |
| Subjunctive present | Subjunctive imperfect |
| praestem praestēs praestet praestēmus praestētis praestent | praestārem praestārēs praestāret praestārēmus praestārētis praestārent |
| Subjunctive perfect | Subjunctive pluperfect |
| praestiterim praestiteris praestiterit praestiterimus praestiteritis praestiterint | praestitissem praestitissēs praestitisset praestitissēmus praestitissētis praestitissent |
Infinitive present praestāre Infinitive perfect praestitisse Infinitive future praestātūrum esse | Imperative present praestā praestāte Imperative future praestātō praestātō praestātōte praestantō |
| Indicative present | Indicative imperfect |
| - - praestātur - - - | - - praestābātur - - - |
| Indicative perfect | Indicative pluperfect |
| - - praestātus est - - - | - - praestātus erat - - - |
| Indicative future | Indicative future perfect |
| - - praestābitur - - - | - - praestātus erit - - - |
| Subjunctive present | Subjunctive imperfect |
| - - praestētur - - - | - - praestārētur - - - |
| Subjunctive perfect | Subjunctive pluperfect |
| - - praestātus sit - - - | - - praestātus esset - - - |
Infinitive present praestārī Infinitive perfect praestātum esse Infinitive future praestātum īrī | Imperative present - - Imperative future - praestātō - - |
| PARTICIPLE | ||
| Participle present active | ||
| Nom. | praestāns | praestantēs |
| Gen. | praestantis | praestantium |
| Dat. | praestantī | praestantibus |
| Acc. | praestantem | praestantēs |
| Abl. | praestante | praestantibus |
| Participle future active | ||
| Nom. | praestātūrus | praestātūrī |
| Gen. | praestātūrī | praestātūrōrum |
| Dat. | praestātūrō | praestātūrīs |
| Acc. | praestātūrum | praestātūrōs |
| Abl. | praestātūrō | praestātūrīs |
| Participle perfect passive | ||
| Nom. | praestātus | praestātī |
| Gen. | praestātī | praestātōrum |
| Dat. | praestātō | praestātīs |
| Acc. | praestātum | praestātōs |
| Abl. | praestātō | praestātīs |
| Gerundive | ||
| Nom. | praestandus | praestandī |
| Gen. | praestandī | praestandōrum |
| Dat. | praestandō | praestandīs |
| Acc. | praestandum | praestandōs |
| Abl. | praestandō | praestandīs |
| Gerund | Supine | |
| Nom. | praestāre | praestātum |
| Gen. | praestandī | praestātū |
| Dat. | praestandō | |
| Acc. | praestandum | |
| Abl. | praestandō | |
Data sources
Notes
- Definitions
- Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 190.
- P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 1443.
- Word frequencies
- Christopher Francese, "Latin Core Vocabulary," Dickinson College Commentaries, last modified 2014, http://dcc.dickinson.edu.
- Paul B. Diederich, The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings, PhD diss., (Columbia University, 1939).
- Louis Delatte, Suzanne Govaerts, Joseph Denooz, and Etienne Evrard, Dictionnaire fréquentiel et index inverse de la langue latine [Frequency Dictionary and Inverse Index of the Latin Language] (Liège, Belgium: Laboratoire d'analyse statistique des langues anciennes de l'Université de Liège [L.A.S.L.A.], 1981): 121.
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Diederich, Paul B. The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings. PhD diss., Columbia University, 1939.
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Citation
Chicago (17th ed.)
Allo Contributors. "praestō, praestāre, praestitī, praestātum (v.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified . Accessed November 22, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/praesto-praestare-praestiti-praestatum.
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Wheelock's Latin
Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 190.praestō, praestāre, praestitī, praestātum on page 190
