I.to choose or wish rather, to desire more, to prefer (class.; not in Cic.); constr. aliquid alicui, with an object-clause, or with ut: “praeoptantes exsilio modicam domi fortunam,” Liv. 29, 30, 12; 44, 22, 14; so, “suas leges Romanae civitati,” id. 9, 45, 7: “Punicam societatem Romanae,” id. 23, 43, 11: “filiam equitis Romani nuptiis generosarum,” Nep. Att. 12, 1.—With acc. and quam: “nemo non illos sibi quam vos dominos praeoptet,” Liv. 29, 17, 7: “sterilem platanum quam maritam ulmum praeoptaverim,” Quint. 8, 3, 8.—With object-clause: “meum potius caput periculo Praeoptavisse quam is periret ponere,” Plaut. Capt. 3, 5, 30: “multi praeoptarent scutum manu emittere et nudo corpore pugnare,” Caes. B. G. 1, 25; so, “perire,” Tac. H. 4, 58; Just. 8, 4, 5; 11, 14, 1; Val. Max. 4, 1, ext. 5; Sulp. Sev. Chron. 1, 32, 3; cf.: “ut puerum praeoptares perire, Potius quam,” Ter. Hec. 4, 1, 17. —With ut: “praeoptavisti, amorem tuom uti virtuti praeponeres,” Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 22.
prae-opto , āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.,
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.
The National Endowment for the Humanities provided support for entering this text.
hide
Dictionary Entry Lookup
Use this tool to search for dictionary entries in all lexica.
