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εἰς τετρημένον πίθον ἀντλεῖν → run water into a punctured pitcher, to the perforated jar bale water, labour in vain, labor in vain
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|lshtext=<b>prae-sterno</b>: ĕre, v. a.,<br /><b>I</b> to [[strew]] or [[spread]] [[beforehand]], to [[prepare]] ([[mostly]] anteand [[post]]-[[class]].): eo praesternebant folia farferi (al. prosternebant), Plaut. Poen. 2, 32: [[altaria]], to [[prepare]], Stat. S. 3, 2, 114: jubet [[serta]] et elysios animae praesternere flores, id. ib. 5, 2, 257.—Pass. [[fig]].: tuis laudibus tuisque virtutibus materiam campumque praesterni, Plin. [[Pan]]. 31, 1: illud [[peto]], praesternas, etc. (al. less correctly, praestruas), Plin. Ep. 5, 8, 14. | |lshtext=<b>prae-sterno</b>: ĕre, v. a.,<br /><b>I</b> to [[strew]] or [[spread]] [[beforehand]], to [[prepare]] ([[mostly]] anteand [[post]]-[[class]].): eo praesternebant folia farferi (al. prosternebant), Plaut. Poen. 2, 32: [[altaria]], to [[prepare]], Stat. S. 3, 2, 114: jubet [[serta]] et elysios animae praesternere flores, id. ib. 5, 2, 257.—Pass. [[fig]].: tuis laudibus tuisque virtutibus materiam campumque praesterni, Plin. [[Pan]]. 31, 1: illud [[peto]], praesternas, etc. (al. less correctly, praestruas), Plin. Ep. 5, 8, 14. | ||
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|gf=<b>præsternō</b>,¹⁵ ĕre, tr.,<br /><b>1</b> étendre devant, joncher : Pl. *Pœn. 478 ; Stat. S. 3, 3, 114<br /><b>2</b> [fig.] campum tuis laudibus præsterni Plin. Min. [[Pan]]. 31, 1, [il [[est]] clair] qu’un [[vaste]] champ s’ouvre à ton éloge. | |||
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Revision as of 06:42, 14 August 2017
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
prae-sterno: ĕre, v. a.,
I to strew or spread beforehand, to prepare (mostly anteand post-class.): eo praesternebant folia farferi (al. prosternebant), Plaut. Poen. 2, 32: altaria, to prepare, Stat. S. 3, 2, 114: jubet serta et elysios animae praesternere flores, id. ib. 5, 2, 257.—Pass. fig.: tuis laudibus tuisque virtutibus materiam campumque praesterni, Plin. Pan. 31, 1: illud peto, praesternas, etc. (al. less correctly, praestruas), Plin. Ep. 5, 8, 14.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
præsternō,¹⁵ ĕre, tr.,
1 étendre devant, joncher : Pl. *Pœn. 478 ; Stat. S. 3, 3, 114
2 [fig.] campum tuis laudibus præsterni Plin. Min. Pan. 31, 1, [il est clair] qu’un vaste champ s’ouvre à ton éloge.
