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praeferre

praeferre is a Latin form of praefero, meaning “carry in front; prefer; display, show”. It is the 2nd person singular present passive imperative or present active infinitive.

Found 29 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Cicero, De Imperio Cn. Pompei Ad Quirites 71: … untatem et rei publicae dignitatem et salutem provinciarum atque sociorum meis omnibus commodis et rationibus praeferre oportere.

Seneca the Younger, Troades 332: Praeferre patriam liberis regem decet.

All forms of praefero (conjugation table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Lewis & Short, A Latin Dictionary (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.