3,277,119
edits
praecello: Difference between revisions
From LSJ
D_7
(6_13) |
(D_7) |
||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
{{Lewis | {{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 /> <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 /> <b>B</b> Alicui.<br /> <b>1</b> To be [[superior]] to, to [[excel]]: mortalibus, Sil. 15, 74.—<br /> <b>2</b> To [[preside]] or [[rule]] [[over]] (Tacitean): genti, Tac. A. 12, 15.—Hence, [[prae]]-cellens, entis, P. a., [[surpassing]], [[excellent]], [[eminent]], [[distinguished]] ([[class]].).<br /> <b>1</b> Of persons: vir et [[animo]] et virtute [[praecellens]], Cic. Balb. 10, 25.—Sup.: vir omnibus rebus praecellentissimus, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 44, § 97.—<br /> <b>2</b> 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. | |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 /> <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 /> <b>B</b> Alicui.<br /> <b>1</b> To be [[superior]] to, to [[excel]]: mortalibus, Sil. 15, 74.—<br /> <b>2</b> To [[preside]] or [[rule]] [[over]] (Tacitean): genti, Tac. A. 12, 15.—Hence, [[prae]]-cellens, entis, P. a., [[surpassing]], [[excellent]], [[eminent]], [[distinguished]] ([[class]].).<br /> <b>1</b> Of persons: vir et [[animo]] et virtute [[praecellens]], Cic. Balb. 10, 25.—Sup.: vir omnibus rebus praecellentissimus, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 44, § 97.—<br /> <b>2</b> 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. | ||
}} | |||
{{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 || [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. | |||
}} | }} | ||
