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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.

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