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praestantĭa , ae, f. praestans,
I.preeminence, superiority, excellence (class.): “excellentia praestantiaque animantium reliquorum,over other creatures, Cic. Off. 1, 28, 97: “virtutis, ingenii, fortunae,pre-eminence in, id. Lael. 19, 70: “di omnium rerum praestantiā excellentes,in all things, id. Div. 2, 63, 129: “dignitatis,id. de Or. 2, 52, 209: “remedii,Plin. 12, 3, 7, § 16: “vulneribus sanandis tanta praestantia est, ut, etc.,of such superior efficacy, id. 27, 6, 24, § 42.
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (6):
    • Cicero, On Oratory, 2.52
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 12.16
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 27.42
    • Cicero, De Amicitia, 19
    • Cicero, De Divinatione, 2.63
    • Cicero, De Officiis, 1.28
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