antepono
καὶ κεραμεὺς κεραμεῖ κοτέει καὶ τέκτονι τέκτων, καὶ πτωχὸς πτωχῷ φθονέει καὶ ἀοιδὸς ἀοιδῷ → and potter is ill-disposed to potter, and carpenter to carpenter, and the beggar is envious of the beggar, the singer of the singer
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
antĕ-pōno: pŏsui, pŏsĭtum, 3, v. a.,
I to set or place before.
I Lit.
A In gen.: equitum locos sedilibus plebis, Tac. A. 15, 32: propugnacula anteposita, id. ib. 12, 56. —
B Esp., to set (food) before one (com., pono, as Hor. S. 1, 3, 92; Juv. 1, 141 al.): prandium pransoribus, Plaut. Men. 2, 2, 2; so id. Curc. 1, 1, 73; id. Rud. 2, 6, 25.—
II Trop., to prefer, give the preference to: longe Academiae illi hoc gymnasium anteponam, Cic. de Or. 1, 21 fin.: suo generi meum, id. Sull. 8, 25: amicitiam omnibus rebus humanis, id. Am. 5, 17; Nep. Eum. 1, 3; Tac. A. 12, 69.← With tmesis: pono ante: mala bo nis ponit ante, Cic. Off. 3, 17, 71.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
antĕpōnō,¹⁰ pŏsŭī, pŏsĭtum, ĕre, tr.,
1 placer devant : equitum Romanorum locos sedilibus plebis Tac. Ann. 15, 32, donner aux chevaliers romains des places en avant des sièges du peuple ; non antepositis vigiliis Tac. Ann. 1, 50, sans avoir placé d’avant-postes
2 [fig.] mettre avant, préférer : neminem Catoni Cic. Br. 68, ne mettre personne au-dessus de Caton, cf. de Or. 1, 7 ; Mur. 32, etc. || hominum nostrorum prudentiam Græcis Cic. de Or. 1, 197 [= prudentiæ Græcorum ], mettre la sagesse de nos compatriotes au-dessus de celle des Grecs [comp. antefero ] || [tmèse] : mala bonis ponit ante Cic. Off. 3, 71, elle [la ruse] préfère le mal au bien.
{{Georges |georg=ante-pōno, posuī, situm, ere, I) zum Essen vorsetzen, alci prandium, Plaut. Men. 274 u.a.: ante nachgestellt, positum ante pullum... sustulit esuriens, Hor. sat. 1, 3, 92: libatum agricolae ponitur ante deo, Tibull. 1, 1, 14 ed. Haupt (al. ante deum). – II) [[vor etw. legen, -setzen, -stellen, A) eig.: equitum locos sedilibus plebis, Tac.: sed plurimum refert compositionis, quae quibus anteponas, Quint.: propugnacula anteposita, Tac. B) übtr., vorziehen, den Vorzug geben (Ggstz. comparare, gleichstellen), alqm alci, Nep. u. Tac.: se alci, Cic.: mortem servituti, Cic.: amicitiam omnibus rebus humanis, Cic.: res gestas animi virtutibus, Nep.: alqm omnibus aequalibus suis in familiaritate, Nep. Epam. 2, 2: m. Abl. der Vergleichung = lieber haben als usw., nocte istā nihil antepono, Apul. met. 3, 19 E. – ante nachgestellt (um den Begriff des ante mehr hervorzuheben), mala bonis ponit ante, Cic. de off. 3, 71. }}
Latin > English
antepono anteponere, anteposui, antepositus V TRANS :: set before (w/DAT), place/station before, serve (food); prefer, value above
