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{{LaEn
|lnetxt=praecello praecellare, praecellavi, praecellatus V :: [[surpass]]; [[excell]]<br />praecello praecello praecellere, -, - V :: [[excel]]; [[surpass]]
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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>prae-cello</b>: ĕre (collat. form, acc. to the 2d conj.;<br /><b>I</b> pres. praecellet, Plaut. Ps. 2, 3, 13; perh. [[originally]] written praecellit), v. a. and n., to [[rise]] [[above]] others.<br /><b>I</b> Act., to [[surpass]], [[excel]] [[any]] one ([[post]]-Aug.; syn. [[antecello]]): praecellere [[aliquam]] fecunditate, Tac. A. 2, 43; Dig. 50, 2, 6.—<br /><b>II</b> Neutr.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> To [[distinguish]] one's [[self]], to [[excel]] (syn. [[excello]]): ut [[quisque]] fortunā utitur, Ita praecellet, Plaut. Ps. 2, 3, 14: praecellere mobilitate, Lucr. 2, 161: odore et suavitate, Plin. 15, 21, 23, § 85: dignitate [[inter]] aliquos, Dig. 2, 14, 8: praecellere per insignem nobilitatem et eloquentiam, Tac. A. 3, 24.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Alicui.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; To be [[superior]] to, to [[excel]]: mortalibus, Sil. 15, 74.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; To [[preside]] or [[rule]] [[over]] (Tacitean): genti, Tac. A. 12, 15.—Hence, [[prae]]-cellens, entis, P. a., [[surpassing]], [[excellent]], [[eminent]], [[distinguished]] ([[class]].).<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Of persons: vir et [[animo]] et virtute [[praecellens]], Cic. Balb. 10, 25.—Sup.: vir omnibus rebus praecellentissimus, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 44, § 97.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Of things: uniones magnitudine praecellentes, Plin. 9, 35, 56, § 113: formā praecellente, id. 7, 53, 54, § 184: vir ingenii praecellentis, Gell. 19, 8, 3.—Comp.: [[arbor]] pomo et suavitate praecellentior, Plin. 12, 6, 12, § 24.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>præcellō</b>,¹² ĕre,<br /><b>1</b> intr., exceller, être supérieur : Lucr. 2, 161 ; Liv. 5, 27, 1 ; Tac. Ann. 3, 24 &#124;&#124; [av. dat.] genti Tac. Ann. 12, 15, être à la tête d’une nation (commander à)<br /><b>2</b> tr., surpasser : Tac. Ann. 2, 43 ; Papin. Dig. 50, 2, 6.||[av. dat.] genti Tac. Ann. 12, 15, être à la tête d’une nation (commander à)<br /><b>2</b> tr., surpasser : Tac. Ann. 2, 43 ; Papin. Dig. 50, 2, 6.
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{{Georges
|georg=[[prae]]-[[cello]], ere ([[prae]] u. *[[cello]]), [[hervorragen]], bildl., a) absol. = [[sich]] [[hervortun]], [[sich]] [[auszeichnen]], ut [[quisque]] fortunā utitur, [[ita]] praecellet, Plaut.: [[arte]], Suet.: opibus vetustis et gravitate [[morum]], Tac.: per eloquentiam, Tac: dignitate [[inter]] alqos, ICt.: absol., [[num]] praecellit [[vinum]]? Vulg. 3. Esdr. 3, 24: id, [[quod]] in eo praecellit, Augustin. de civ. dei 8, 4 extr.: [[quae]] ([[ales]]) ex omni avitio [[longe]] praecellit, Apul. de deo Socr. prol. p. 4, 14 Th. – b) m. Acc. od. m. Dat. = [[überragen]], [[übertreffen]], m. Acc., [[eos]], Vulg. [[Roman]]. 3, 9: cuncta, Augustin. de civ. dei 8, 4 extr.: alqam fecunditate, Tac. ann. 2, 43: ceteros honoris ordine, Papin. dig. 50, 2, 6. § 5: [[fide]] ceteros, Vulg. [[Esther]] 13, 3. – m. Dat., mortalibus, Sil. 15, 74. – Vgl. [[praecellens]]. – / Inf. Perf. praecelluisse, Oros. 7, 2, 6.
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{{LaZh
|lnztxt=praecello, is, lui, ere. n. act. 3. (''ei''.) :: 超。越。勝。— caeteros honoris ordine 其位先於衆。— genti illi 爲此國之王。
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