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praefero
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Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Italic *praiferō. Equivalent to prae- (“before”, "in front”) + ferō (“to carry”, “to bear”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈprae̯.fɛ.roː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈprɛː.fe.ro]
Verb
praeferō (present infinitive praeferre, perfect active praetulī, supine praelātum); third conjugation, suppletive
- (transitive) to bear, hold or carry before or forth, place or set before
- (Can we date this quote?), Valerius Aedituus, (Please provide the book title or journal name):
- Quid faculam praefers, Philerōs, quae nīl opus nōbīs?
Ībimus, sīc, lūcet pectore flamma satis.- Why do you carry the torch, Phileros, which we don't need?
We will go thus, the flame in the chest shines enough.
- Why do you carry the torch, Phileros, which we don't need?
- (transitive) to offer, present
- (transitive) to prefer, like, give preference to
- (transitive) to take beforehand, anticipate
- (transitive) to show, display, exhibit, discover, expose, reveal, betray
- (passive voice) to surpass, cross over, go beyond, exceed
Conjugation
Synonyms
Antonyms
Derived terms
- praefericulum
- praelātiō
- praelātor
- praelātus
Related terms
Descendants
References
- “praefero”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- praefero in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2025), Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication
- “praefero”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “praefero”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to walk before with the fasces; to lower the fasces: fasces praeferre, summittere
- to walk before with the fasces; to lower the fasces: fasces praeferre, summittere
- praefero in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
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