preference
preference
subs.
Choice: P. and V. αἵρεσις, ἡ.
In preference to, prep.: P. and V. πρό (gen.), V. πρόσθε (gen.), πά̆ρος (gen.), P. ἔμπροσθεν (gen.); see before.
subs.
Choice: P. and V. αἵρεσις, ἡ.
In preference to, prep.: P. and V. πρό (gen.), V. πρόσθε (gen.), πά̆ρος (gen.), P. ἔμπροσθεν (gen.); see before.
PREFERENCE
prior locus; priores or primae partes: to give one the preference priores or primas partes alicui deferre; aliquem anteponere or anteferre alicui: to have the preference aliquem antecedere; aliquo potiorem or priorem esse; in anything aliqua re praestare alicui; aliquem aliqua re praestare or superare: to feel a preference for anybody aliquem potissimum diligere; aliquem praeter caeteros amare (☞ not prae caeteris): to give a thing the preference potissimum probare aliquid; aliquid mihi potissimum probatur; aliquid anteponere anteferre praeponere or praeferre alicui rei alicui rei principatum dare; aliquid aliqua re potiorem habere.
prior locus; priores or primae partes: to give one the preference priores or primas partes alicui deferre; aliquem anteponere or anteferre alicui: to have the preference aliquem antecedere; aliquo potiorem or priorem esse; in anything aliqua re praestare alicui; aliquem aliqua re praestare or superare: to feel a preference for anybody aliquem potissimum diligere; aliquem praeter caeteros amare (☞ not prae caeteris): to give a thing the preference potissimum probare aliquid; aliquid mihi potissimum probatur; aliquid anteponere anteferre praeponere or praeferre alicui rei alicui rei principatum dare; aliquid aliqua re potiorem habere.
preference: Phr.: to give the p. to, antĕpōno, etc.: v. TO PREFER (III.). See also PRECEDENCE ; and foll. art.
preference, in>: pŏtius; sup., pŏtissĭmum (when more than two objects are compared): to choose in p. to all, potissimum deligere, Nep. Att. 12: Caes. B. C. 2, 43. (For potius, v. RATHER .) To desire in p., praeopto, 1: desiring a lowly rank at home in p. to exile, praeoptantes exsilio modicam domi fortunam, Liv. 29, 30, fin. See also TO PREFER (IV.).