prefer Copy link Outline I. To bring forwardII. To advance to honourIII. To hold in higher estimation1. antĕpōno, pŏsui, ĭtum, 3 (with acc. and dat.)2. praepōno 3 (same constr.)3. antĕfĕro, 3, irr. (to give precedence to)4. expr. by posthăbeo, 2 (to hold inferiorIV. To desire rather; like better1. mālo, 3, irr. (most freq. foll. by inf.; also by acc., esp. of neut. pron. or adj.)2. praeopto, 1 (to desire in preference • 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 also to 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 also to 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 also preference (in).
PREFER Copy link • PREFERTo 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).