praeclare

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Latin

Adverb

praeclārē (comparative praeclārius, superlative praeclārissimē)

  1. clearly
  2. splendidly
  3. famously
  4. nobly

References

  • praeclare”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • praeclare”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • praeclare in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • so-and-so is in a very satisfactory position; prospers: agitur praeclare, bene cum aliquo
    • to deserve well at some one's hands; to do a service to..: bene, praeclare (melius, optime) mereri de aliquo