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v. trans.
P. and V. προτῑμᾶν, προκρί̄νειν, V. προτί̄ειν, P. προαιρεῖσθαι.
Prefer to honour: P. and V. προτῑμᾶν ; see exalt.
Prefer an accusation: P. γραφὴν ἀποφέρειν (Dem. 423).
Prefer one thing to another: P. and V. αἱρεῖσθαί (τι ἀντί τινος), P. (τι μᾶλλον ἤ τι), V. (τι πρόσθε τινός) (Eur. Hel. 952), προτῐθέναι (or mid. in V.) (τί τινος) (Thuc. 3.39), V. (τί ἀντί τινος or τι πά̆ρος τινος), P. προτιμᾶν (τί τινος or τι ἀντί τινος), προαιρεῖσθαι (τί τινος or τι πρό τινος), V. προλαμβά̆νειν (τι πρό τινος).
Prefer war to peace: P. πόλεμον ἀντʼ εἰρήνης μεταλαμβά̆νειν (Thuc. 1.120).
Prefer Aphrodite to Bacchus: V. τὴν Ἀφροδίτην πρόσθʼ ἄγειν τοῦ Βακχίου (Eur. Bacch. 225).
Prefer not your words to mine: V. μὴ ʼπίπροσθε τῶν ἐμῶν τοὺς σοὺς λόγους θῇς (Eur. Suppl. 514). Absol. with infin.: P. and V. βούλεσθαι μᾶλλον, V. βούλεσθαι alone (Eur. And. 351).
v. trans.
P. and V. προτῑμᾶν, προκρί̄νειν, V. προτί̄ειν, P. προαιρεῖσθαι.
Prefer to honour: P. and V. προτῑμᾶν ; see exalt.
Prefer an accusation: P. γραφὴν ἀποφέρειν (Dem. 423).
Prefer one thing to another: P. and V. αἱρεῖσθαί (τι ἀντί τινος), P. (τι μᾶλλον ἤ τι), V. (τι πρόσθε τινός) (Eur. Hel. 952), προτῐθέναι (or mid. in V.) (τί τινος) (Thuc. 3.39), V. (τί ἀντί τινος or τι πά̆ρος τινος), P. προτιμᾶν (τί τινος or τι ἀντί τινος), προαιρεῖσθαι (τί τινος or τι πρό τινος), V. προλαμβά̆νειν (τι πρό τινος).
Prefer war to peace: P. πόλεμον ἀντʼ εἰρήνης μεταλαμβά̆νειν (Thuc. 1.120).
Prefer Aphrodite to Bacchus: V. τὴν Ἀφροδίτην πρόσθʼ ἄγειν τοῦ Βακχίου (Eur. Bacch. 225).
Prefer not your words to mine: V. μὴ ʼπίπροσθε τῶν ἐμῶν τοὺς σοὺς λόγους θῇς (Eur. Suppl. 514). Absol. with infin.: P. and V. βούλεσθαι μᾶλλον, V. βούλεσθαι alone (Eur. And. 351).
PREFER
To value a person or thing more highly than another praeponere: anteponere: praeferre: anteferre (general terms): aliquem potissimum diligere (to love anybody before others): rem aliqua re potiorem habere (to prefer one thing to another as being better more important or advisable etc. Caes. B.C. 1 8 and 9): praeoptare (with following infinitive; to desire rather): malle (to wish or choose by preference with following infinitive.; e.g. he preferred death mori maluit).
To promote Vid:
Offer etc. To prefer a complaint libellum dare judici against anybody de aliquo; a petition libello or scripto adire aliquem (of a written petition): rogare aliquem aliquid (to ask him).
To value a person or thing more highly than another praeponere: anteponere: praeferre: anteferre (general terms): aliquem potissimum diligere (to love anybody before others): rem aliqua re potiorem habere (to prefer one thing to another as being better more important or advisable etc. Caes. B.C. 1 8 and 9): praeoptare (with following infinitive; to desire rather): malle (to wish or choose by preference with following infinitive.; e.g. he preferred death mori maluit).
To promote Vid:
Offer etc. To prefer a complaint libellum dare judici against anybody de aliquo; a petition libello or scripto adire aliquem (of a written petition): rogare aliquem aliquid (to ask him).
prefer:
I. To bring forward: Phr.: to p. a charge against any one, nomen alicujus deferre de aliqua re, Cic. R. Am. 10, 28: also with dat. of person, id. Coel. 23, 56: also the gen. of the charge occurs (instead of abl. with de), id. Verr. 2, 2, 28, 68 (huic ... ejusdem rei nomen detulerunt); the judge before whom, being expr. by prep. ad, ib.: later, crimen deferre, Liv. 42, 11, init. See alsoTO PRESENT .
II. To advance to honour: antĕfĕro, tŭli, lātum, 3, irr. (to set one person before another: with acc. and dat.): by every kind of honour to be p.'d to others, ceteris omni honore anteferri, Cic. Prov. Cons. 11, 27. See alsoTO PROMOTE .
III. To hold in higher estimation:
1. antĕpōno, pŏsui, ĭtum, 3 (with acc. and dat.): to p. friendship above everything, amicitiam omnibus rebus a. Cic. Am. 5, 17. Rarely with tmesis: mala bonis ponit ante, id. Off. 3, 17, 71.
2. praepōno 3 (same constr.): id. Ph. 9, 7, init.: Ter
3. antĕfĕro, 3, irr. (to give precedence to): to p. Demosthenes to all besides, omnibus unum a. Demosthenem, Cic. Or. 7, 23: Caes.
4. expr. by posthăbeo, 2 (to hold inferior: preced. constr. reversed): I p.'d their sport to my business, posthabui illorum mea seria ludo, Virg. E. 7, 17: Cic. Tusc. 5, init. Phr.: they always p.'d death to slavery, mors iis semper fuit servitute potior, id. Ph. 10, 9, 19: so, potiorem (aliquam rem) habere, Caes. B. C. 1, 8: so with antiquior: he p.'d praise and glory to a throne, antiquior ei fuit laus et gloria quam regnum, Cic. Div. 2, 37, 78.
IV. To desire rather; like better:
1. mālo, 3, irr. (most freq. foll. by inf.; also by acc., esp. of neut. pron. or adj.): he p.s slavery to fighting, servire quam pugnare mavult, Cic. Att. 7, 15: strengthened by potius, id. Div. Verr. 6, 21 (se ab omnibus desertos potius quam abs te defensos esse malunt): to p. greatly, multo m., id. Att. 12, 21, fin.: a thing which I should p., quod mallem (parenth.), Ov. Tr. 2, 239. Also with subj. (without ut): Cat. 24, 4 (cognoscerem, in Cic. Fam. 7, 14, should be inf.).
2. praeopto, 1 (to desire in preference: not in Cic.): Nep. Att. 12, init.: to be p.'d, praeoptandus, Liv. 23, 43. See alsoPREFERENCE (in).
I. To bring forward: Phr.: to p. a charge against any one, nomen alicujus deferre de aliqua re, Cic. R. Am. 10, 28: also with dat. of person, id. Coel. 23, 56: also the gen. of the charge occurs (instead of abl. with de), id. Verr. 2, 2, 28, 68 (huic ... ejusdem rei nomen detulerunt); the judge before whom, being expr. by prep. ad, ib.: later, crimen deferre, Liv. 42, 11, init. See also
II. To advance to honour: antĕfĕro, tŭli, lātum, 3, irr. (to set one person before another: with acc. and dat.): by every kind of honour to be p.'d to others, ceteris omni honore anteferri, Cic. Prov. Cons. 11, 27. See also
III. To hold in higher estimation:
1. antĕpōno, pŏsui, ĭtum, 3 (with acc. and dat.): to p. friendship above everything, amicitiam omnibus rebus a. Cic. Am. 5, 17. Rarely with tmesis: mala bonis ponit ante, id. Off. 3, 17, 71.
2. praepōno 3 (same constr.): id. Ph. 9, 7, init.: Ter
3. antĕfĕro, 3, irr. (to give precedence to): to p. Demosthenes to all besides, omnibus unum a. Demosthenem, Cic. Or. 7, 23: Caes.
4. expr. by posthăbeo, 2 (to hold inferior: preced. constr. reversed): I p.'d their sport to my business, posthabui illorum mea seria ludo, Virg. E. 7, 17: Cic. Tusc. 5, init. Phr.: they always p.'d death to slavery, mors iis semper fuit servitute potior, id. Ph. 10, 9, 19: so, potiorem (aliquam rem) habere, Caes. B. C. 1, 8: so with antiquior: he p.'d praise and glory to a throne, antiquior ei fuit laus et gloria quam regnum, Cic. Div. 2, 37, 78.
IV. To desire rather; like better:
1. mālo, 3, irr. (most freq. foll. by inf.; also by acc., esp. of neut. pron. or adj.): he p.s slavery to fighting, servire quam pugnare mavult, Cic. Att. 7, 15: strengthened by potius, id. Div. Verr. 6, 21 (se ab omnibus desertos potius quam abs te defensos esse malunt): to p. greatly, multo m., id. Att. 12, 21, fin.: a thing which I should p., quod mallem (parenth.), Ov. Tr. 2, 239. Also with subj. (without ut): Cat. 24, 4 (cognoscerem, in Cic. Fam. 7, 14, should be inf.).
2. praeopto, 1 (to desire in preference: not in Cic.): Nep. Att. 12, init.: to be p.'d, praeoptandus, Liv. 23, 43. See also
προτίθημι
to place before, to propose, to prefer
προαιρέω
to bring forth; (mid.) to choose, to prefer
προλαμβάνω
to take or seize beforehand, prefer, anticipate
προκρίνω
to choose before others, choose by preference, prefer, select
one must choose, prefer
προαιρετέος
one must choose, prefer
προανατάσσω
prefer
προβέβουλα
to prefer
προτίω
to prefer in honour
to place before, to propose, to prefer
προαιρέω
to bring forth; (mid.) to choose, to prefer
προλαμβάνω
to take or seize beforehand, prefer, anticipate
προκρίνω
to choose before others, choose by preference, prefer, select
appearing fewer than 50 times
προαιρετέονone must choose, prefer
προαιρετέος
one must choose, prefer
προανατάσσω
prefer
προβέβουλα
to prefer
προτίω
to prefer in honour