praesto

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Latin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From prae- +‎ stō.

Pronunciation[edit]

Adverb[edit]

praestō (not comparable)

  1. present, at hand, ready.
    Synonym: penes
  2. (with sum) (to be) at hand, (to be) ready to help.

Descendants[edit]

  • Catalan: prest
  • French: prêt
  • Interlingua: preste, presto
  • Italian: presto
  • Portuguese: presto
  • Spanish: presto

Verb[edit]

praestō (present infinitive praestāre, perfect active praestitī or praestāvī, supine praestātum or praestitum); first conjugation

  1. I stand before.
  2. I am preferable, better (coupled with quam)
    • Caesar, de Bello Gallico, VII, 10, However it seemed better to endure any hardship than to alienate the affections of all his allies, by submitting to such an insult :
      Praestare visum est tamen omnis difficultates perpeti, quam tanta contumelia accepta omnium suorum voluntates alienare
    • Caesar, de Bello Gallico, VII, 17, It was better to sustain any hardship than to not avenge the Roman citizens who perished at Genabum by the perfidy of the Gauls :
      Praestare omnes perferre acerbitates, quam non civibus Romanis, qui Cenabi perfidia Gallorum interissent, parentarent
    In acie praestare interfici quam non veterem belli gloriam [...] recuperare ― It was better to be slain in battle, than not to recover the ancient glory in war (Caesar, de Bello Gallico, VII, 1)
  3. I am outstanding, am exceeding in something, I excel, stand out, am superior, I distinguish myself, am excellent, distinguished, admirable
    Synonyms: praepolleō, exsuperō, superō
  4. I provide, supply, offer, bestow.
  5. I exhibit, I show
    Synonyms: praebeō, ostendō, ostentō, expōnō, prōpōnō, prōdō, acclārō, indicō, prōferō, prōtrahō, fateor, profiteor, vulgō, coarguō, gerō
  6. (reflexive) I prove (myself), I show (myself)
  7. (Late Latin, Medieval Latin) I lend, loan

Conjugation[edit]

  • Perfect forms like praestāvī are found post-Classically.
   Conjugation of praestō (first conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present praestō praestās praestat praestāmus praestātis praestant
imperfect praestābam praestābās praestābat praestābāmus praestābātis praestābant
future praestābō praestābis praestābit praestābimus praestābitis praestābunt
perfect praestitī,
praestāvī 		praestitistī,
praestāvistī 		praestitit,
praestāvit 		praestitimus,
praestāvimus 		praestitistis,
praestāvistis 		praestitērunt,
praestitēre,
praestāvērunt,
praestāvēre
pluperfect praestiteram,
praestāveram 		praestiterās,
praestāverās 		praestiterat,
praestāverat 		praestiterāmus,
praestāverāmus 		praestiterātis,
praestāverātis 		praestiterant,
praestāverant
future perfect praestiterō,
praestāverō 		praestiteris,
praestāveris 		praestiterit,
praestāverit 		praestiterimus,
praestāverimus 		praestiteritis,
praestāveritis 		praestiterint,
praestāverint
passive present praestor praestāris,
praestāre 		praestātur praestāmur praestāminī praestantur
imperfect praestābar praestābāris,
praestābāre 		praestābātur praestābāmur praestābāminī praestābantur
future praestābor praestāberis,
praestābere 		praestābitur praestābimur praestābiminī praestābuntur
perfect praestātus or praestitus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect praestātus or praestitus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect praestātus or praestitus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present praestem praestēs praestet praestēmus praestētis praestent
imperfect praestārem praestārēs praestāret praestārēmus praestārētis praestārent
perfect praestiterim,
praestāverim 		praestiterīs,
praestāverīs 		praestiterit,
praestāverit 		praestiterīmus,
praestāverīmus 		praestiterītis,
praestāverītis 		praestiterint,
praestāverint
pluperfect praestitissem,
praestāvissem 		praestitissēs,
praestāvissēs 		praestitisset,
praestāvisset 		praestitissēmus,
praestāvissēmus 		praestitissētis,
praestāvissētis 		praestitissent,
praestāvissent
passive present praester praestēris,
praestēre 		praestētur praestēmur praestēminī praestentur
imperfect praestārer praestārēris,
praestārēre 		praestārētur praestārēmur praestārēminī praestārentur
perfect praestātus or praestitus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect praestātus or praestitus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — praestā — — praestāte —
future — praestātō praestātō — praestātōte praestantō
passive present — praestāre — — praestāminī —
future — praestātor praestātor — — praestantor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives praestāre praestitisse,
praestāvisse 		praestātūrum esse,
praestitūrum esse 		praestārī praestātum esse,
praestitum esse 		praestātum īrī,
praestitum īrī
participles praestāns — praestātūrus,
praestitūrus 		— praestātus,
praestitus 		praestandus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
praestandī praestandō praestandum praestandō praestātum,
praestitum 		praestātū,
praestitū

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

References[edit]

  • “praesto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “praesto”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • praesto in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2023) Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication
  • praesto in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • praesto in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
  • Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to show kindness to..: benevolentiam alicui praestare, in aliquem conferre
    • to keep faith with a person, keep one's word: fidem praestare alicui
    • to fulfil a promise: fidem (promissum) praestare
    • to be answerable for a person, a thing: praestare aliquem, aliquid, de aliqua re or Acc. c. Inf.
    • to do one's duty: officium suum facere, servare, colere, tueri, exsequi, praestare
  • praesto in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
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