Definition - Numen - The Latin Lexicon - An Online Latin Dictionary

Orthography ID = 1012586

I don't know this word, but don't make a flashcard!

I don't know this word, and I want a flashcard!

I know this word. Hide it from now on.

There's something wrong with this entry.

LEM

prae

1 prae

preposition (ablative)

before, in front of, in advance of
[figuratively in the phrase prae se ferre] to make a display of, show, display, manifest, parade, exhibit, profess
in comparison with, compared with, in view of
[of a hinderance] for, through, because of, by reason of, on account of

Abbreviations

prae praep. with abl. 1 prae, before, in front of, in advance of: si huic aliquid paulum prae manu Dederis, at hand, i. e. ready money, T.: singulos prae se inermos mittere, S.: stillantem prae se pugionem tulit: prae se armentum agens, L.

—Fig., in the phrase, prae se ferre, to make a display of, show, display, manifest, parade, exhibit, profess: ego semper me didicisse prae me tuli: scelus et facinus prae se ferens: beata vita glorianda et prae se ferenda est.

—In comparison with, compared with, in view of: omnia prae meo commodo, T.: omnia prae divitiis spernunt, L.: veros illos Atticos prae se paene agrestes putat: Cunctane prae Campo sordeat? H.

—Of a hinderance, for, through, because of, by reason of, on account of: animus incertus prae aegritudine, irresolute for sorrow, T.: prae gaudio ubi sim nescio, T.: neque prae lacrimis iam loqui possum: nec iuris quicquam prae impotenti irā est servatum, L.