praesto, praestas, praestare A, praestavi, praestatum Verb

Translations

  1. to excel
  2. to surpass
  3. to be outstanding/superior/best/greater/preferable (to)
  4. to prevail

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A-Conjugation (1)

Tenses

Person Singular Plural
1.
2.
3.
Future subjunctive forms do not exist. The subjunctive only exists in the four other tenses.

Infinitives

Active Passive
Simult. (Present) praestarepraestari
Anter. (Perfect) praestavissepraestatum esse
Post. (Future) praestaturum essepraestatum iri

Participles

Sg. Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nom.
Gen.
Dat.
Acc.
Voc.
Abl.
Pl. Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nom.
Gen.
Dat.
Acc.
Voc.
Abl.

Gerund

Gerund forms only exist in singular.

Sg. Gerund
Nom. praestare
Gen. praestandi
Dat. praestando
Acc. praestandum
Voc. praestare
Abl. praestando

Gerundive

Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nom.
Gen.
Dat.
Acc.
Voc.
Abl.

Imperatives & Supina

Singular Plural
Imperative praesta!praestate!
Supinum
Type I praestatum
Type II praestatū

Example Sentences

L. Annaeus Seneca

Nulla itaque eius officii ratio est, quod ei, cui praestatur, si nihil sentit, supervacuum est, si sentit, ingratum est.

~ Seneca, On Consolation (ad Polybium)
L. Annaeus Seneca

omno dies Bacchoque nox iungenda peruigili datur: sed non timemur, tuta sine telo est domus rebusque paruis magna praestatur quies.

~ Seneca, Thyestes
L. Annaeus Seneca Maior

si sua causa fecit hoc Callias, ut redimeret, Cimoni sit beneficium: beneficium enim est, inquit, quod totum eius causa praestatur, in quem confertur.

~ Seneca der Ältere, Liber IX
L. Annaeus Seneca

Quam diu praestatur, quod a seruo exigi solet, ministerium est; ubi plus, quam quod seruo necesse est, beneficium est; ubi in adf

~ Seneca, On Benefits III

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