to bear before, carry in front, hold forth: dextrā facem: in fascibus insignia laureae, Cs.:
fasces praetoribus praeferuntur: praelatos hostīs
adoriri, as they rode by, L.: signa militaria
praelata, carried in procession, L.: castra sua
praelati, hurrying past the camp, L.—Fig., to place before, offer,
present: clarissimum lumen menti meae: suam vitam, ut legem, suis
civibus, set as a guide before.—To place before, prefer:
mortem servituti: Scaevolam sibi: virtute belli praeferri omnibus
gentibus, Cs.: ius maiestatis patrio amori: puellam
puellis, O.: animam pudori, Iu.: Cur alter fratrum cessare Praeferat Herodis palmetis,
H.—To take beforehand, anticipate: diem triumphi,
L.: praelato invidere honori, V.—To display,
discover, reveal, betray: avaritiam: amorem, O.: dolorem animi voltu, Cu.
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