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L'amor che move il sole e l'altre stelleLove that moves the sun and the other stars

Dante Alighieri, Paradiso, XXXIII, v. 145
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|lshtext=<b>praestābĭlis</b>: e, adj. 2. [[praesto]],<br /><b>I</b> preeminent, [[distinguished]], [[excellent]] ([[class]].; [[usually]] [[only]] of things concr. and abstr.): res magnitudine praestabiles, Cic. de Or. 2, 85, 347: [[praestabilis]] insignisque [[virtus]], id. Har. Resp. 19, 41: [[ingenium]] [[atque]] [[lingua]], Gell. 10, 18, 6: linguā ac facundiā [[praestabilis]], id. 18, 3, 3: (Deus) [[praestabilis]] [[super]] malitiā, [[exalted]], Vulg. Joel, 2, 13.—With inf.: [[Calchas]] [[praestabilis]] hariolari, i. e. hariolando, App. de Deo Socrat. p. 52, 4.— Comp.: [[dignitas]] praestabilior, Cic. Prov. Cons. 16, 38: fuerat praestabilius, [[preferable]], [[better]], Ter. Hec. 3, 1, 4: [[nihil]] amicitiā praestabilius, Cic. Lael. 27, 104: [[utrum]] huic rei publicae [[melius]] fuisse et praestabilius me civem nosci an te? [[more]] [[advantageous]], Cic. Vatin. 4, 10: [[neque]] majus aliud, [[neque]] praestabilius invenies, Sall. J. 1, 2.
|lshtext=<b>praestābĭlis</b>: e, adj. 2. [[praesto]],<br /><b>I</b> preeminent, [[distinguished]], [[excellent]] ([[class]].; [[usually]] [[only]] of things concr. and abstr.): res magnitudine praestabiles, Cic. de Or. 2, 85, 347: [[praestabilis]] insignisque [[virtus]], id. Har. Resp. 19, 41: [[ingenium]] [[atque]] [[lingua]], Gell. 10, 18, 6: linguā ac facundiā [[praestabilis]], id. 18, 3, 3: (Deus) [[praestabilis]] [[super]] malitiā, [[exalted]], Vulg. Joel, 2, 13.—With inf.: [[Calchas]] [[praestabilis]] hariolari, i. e. hariolando, App. de Deo Socrat. p. 52, 4.— Comp.: [[dignitas]] praestabilior, Cic. Prov. Cons. 16, 38: fuerat praestabilius, [[preferable]], [[better]], Ter. Hec. 3, 1, 4: [[nihil]] amicitiā praestabilius, Cic. Lael. 27, 104: [[utrum]] huic rei publicae [[melius]] fuisse et praestabilius me civem nosci an te? [[more]] [[advantageous]], Cic. Vatin. 4, 10: [[neque]] majus aliud, [[neque]] praestabilius invenies, Sall. J. 1, 2.
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|gf=<b>præstābĭlis</b>,¹² e (præsto), excellent, remarquable, distingué [choses] : [[nihil]] [[amicitia]] præstabilius Cic. Læl. 104, [[rien]] n’[[est]] préférable à l’amitié, cf. Nat. 2, 18 ; Rep. 4, 1 || avantageux : Sall. J. 1, 2 ; præstabilius [[est]] et prop. inf. Cic. Vat. 10, il [[est]] [[plus]] avantageux que.
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Revision as of 07:01, 14 August 2017

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

praestābĭlis: e, adj. 2. praesto,
I preeminent, distinguished, excellent (class.; usually only of things concr. and abstr.): res magnitudine praestabiles, Cic. de Or. 2, 85, 347: praestabilis insignisque virtus, id. Har. Resp. 19, 41: ingenium atque lingua, Gell. 10, 18, 6: linguā ac facundiā praestabilis, id. 18, 3, 3: (Deus) praestabilis super malitiā, exalted, Vulg. Joel, 2, 13.—With inf.: Calchas praestabilis hariolari, i. e. hariolando, App. de Deo Socrat. p. 52, 4.— Comp.: dignitas praestabilior, Cic. Prov. Cons. 16, 38: fuerat praestabilius, preferable, better, Ter. Hec. 3, 1, 4: nihil amicitiā praestabilius, Cic. Lael. 27, 104: utrum huic rei publicae melius fuisse et praestabilius me civem nosci an te? more advantageous, Cic. Vatin. 4, 10: neque majus aliud, neque praestabilius invenies, Sall. J. 1, 2.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

præstābĭlis,¹² e (præsto), excellent, remarquable, distingué [choses] : nihil amicitia præstabilius Cic. Læl. 104, rien n’est préférable à l’amitié, cf. Nat. 2, 18 ; Rep. 4, 1