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prae-pollĕo, ēre, v. n., to exceed or surpass in power, to be very powerful, to be very remarkable or distinguished (perh. not ante-Aug.): quibus additis praepollebat, he had the superiority, Tac. A. 2, 45; 51: Phoenices mari praepollebant, id. ib. 11, 14: puella praepollet pulcritudine, App. M. 6, p. 182, 29.
Hence, praepollens, entis, P. a., very powerful, very distinguished: gens divitiis praepollens, Liv. 1, 57: vir, virtute, id. 5, 34.
Comp.: vis oculorum praepollentior, Aug. Civ. Dei, 22, 29.‡ * praepondĕrātĭo, ōnis, f. [praepondero], preponderance: praeponderatio, ῤοπή, Gloss. Lat. Gr.
prae-pondĕro, āre, v. n. and a.
- I. Neutr., to be of greater weight, to preponderate, incline (post-Aug.; cf. propendeo).
- A. Lit.: ne, portionum aequitate turbatā, mundus praeponderet, Sen. Q. N. 3, 10, 3: quotiens in alterum latus praeponderans declinarat sarcina, App. M. 7, 17.
- B. Trop.
- 1. To be of more weight or influence, to have the preference: aliquis reum me defendit, sed uxorem meam violavit … in comparatione beneficii praeponderavit injuria, Sen. Ben. 6, 4, 1: quamvis injuriae praeponderent, id. Ep. 81, 4: honestas praeponderat, Gell. 1, 3, 25: exsul, Stat. Th. 8, 615.
- 2. To turn the scale, give a decision, incline: in humaniorem partem, Sen. Clem. 1, 2, 2: si neutro litis condicio praeponderet, decides neither one way nor the other, Quint. 7, 2, 39: quo praeponderet alea fati, Luc. 6, 603.
- 3. Absol., to show preference, to act with partiality: inter duos liberos pari desperatione languentes, da bonum patrem, non praeponderabit, Quint. Decl. 8, 9; cf.: neutrum, si in neutram partem praeponderet, inclines, Varr. L. L. 10, § 5 Müll.
- II. Act., to outweigh (class.): qui omnia metiuntur emolumentis et commodis, neque ea volunt praeponderari honestate, to be surpassed, Cic. Off. 3, 4, 18.
prae-pōno, pŏsui, pŏsĭtum, 3 (old perf. praeposivi, Plaut. Rud. 4, 2, 11.
Sync. form praepostus, Lucr. 6, 999), v. a., to put or set before, to place first (syn.: praefero, praeficio).
- I. Lit.
- A. In gen.: versus, in primā fronte libelli, Ov. Tr. 1, 7, 33: praeponens ultima primis, Hor. S. 1, 4, 59; Cic. Att. 7, 3, 10: oportet, ut aedibus ac templis vestibula et aditus, sic causis principia proportione rerum praeponere, id. de Or. 2, 79, 320: de quā priusquam respondeo, pauca praeponam, I will first make a few observations, id. Fam. 11, 27, 1.
- B. In partic., to place or set over as chief, commander, or superintendent, to place at the head of, intrust with the charge or command of; to appoint or depute as: unum illum ex omnibus delegistis, quem bello praedonum praeponeretis, to appoint commander in the war, Cic. Imp. Pomp. 22, 63: hibernis Labienum praeposuit, Caes. B. G. 1, 54: sinistro cornu Antonium praeposuerat, id. B. C. 3, 89: aliquem provinciae, to appoint as governor, Cic. Fam. 2, 15, 4: negotio, to charge with the management of an affair, id. ib. 15, 4, 10: navibus, to appoint admiral, id. Verr. 2, 5, 38, § 101: vectigalibus, to appoint minister of finance, Tac. A. 15, 18: Bibulus toti officio maritimo praepositus, superintendent of all maritime affairs, Caes. B. C. 3, 5: praepositus cubiculo, chamberlain, Suet. Dom. 16: sacerdos oraculo praeposita, that presides over, Cic. Div. 1, 34, 76: aliquem custodem alicui loco, to appoint keeper of a place, Ov. Tr. 3, 1, 67: illum exercitibus, Juv. 10, 92.
- C. To place or set upon: fronti praeponere olivam, Hor. C. 1, 7, 7 (cf.: comis praetexere frondes, Sen. Med. 70).
- II. Trop., to set before or above, to prefer: lucrum praeposivi sopori et quieti, Plaut. Rud. 4, 2, 11: se alteri, Ter. And. 1, 1, 38; id. Eun. 1, 2, 59: salutem rei publicae vitae suae, Cic. Phil. 9, 7, 15: amicitiam patriae, id. Rab. Perd. 8, 23: necessaria gloriosis, Vell. 2, 110, 3: multum mihi praestat, si me Mazaeo generum praeponit, Curt. 4, 11, 20: Prochytam Suburrae, Juv. 3, 5.
Hence, praepŏsĭtus, a, um, P. a.
As subst.
- A. praepŏsĭtus, i, m., a prefect, president, head, chief, overseer, director, commander: legatorum tuorum, Cic. Pis. 36, 88; Tac. H. 1, 36: quod (milites) praepositos suos occiderant, Suet. Oth. 1: rerum curae Caesaris, director, S. C. ap. Plin. Ep. 8, 6, 13: aquarum, water-inspector, Front. Aquaed. 17; 100; 117: cubiculi, a chamberlain, Amm. 14, 10, 5.
Of the governor of a province; with dat.: Illyrico, Dalmatiae, etc., Vell. 2, 112, 2; 2, 116, 2; absol., Suet. Galb. 12; 16; id. Oth. 1 al.; Vulg. Act. 7, 10.
- B. praepŏsĭta, ae, f. (eccl. Lat.), a prioress or abbess, Aug. Civ. Dei, 21, 8; id. Ep. 211.
- C. With the Stoics, praepŏsĭta, ōrum, n., for the Gr. προηγμένα, preferable or advantageous things, but which are not to be called absolutely good; such as wealth, beauty, etc. (class.): ista bona non dico, sed dicam Graece προηγμένα, Latine autem producta: sed praeposita, aut praecipua malo, Cic. Fin. 4, 26, 72 sq.: bonum negas esse divitias, praepositum esse dicis, id. ib. 4, 26, 73; cf. also, id. ib. 3, 16, 52; 54.