Gnatho scorned his old familiar friend because of his apparel, [2308]Hominem video pannis, annisque obsitum, hic ego illum contempsi prae me.
Mures, Muscae, culices prae se, nits and flies compared to his inexorable and supercilious, eminent and arrogant worship: though indeed they be far before him.
Isti grave hoc incendium in Ecclesia excitarunt, et in illud insufflare non desinunt, scriptis eorum, pietatis speciem prae se ferentibus sed veritate ejus vacuis, in populos spargentibus.
Long then in these bowers may there be found busy hives of men; above all, those that gather thence, abundantly, such Wisdom as is prae melle ori.
We are still no dunces, although he did receive nine prae caeteris!
Augsburg, in 1477, the editor was able to commend the accuracy of his version, and eulogize it "prae omnibus aliis antea impressis Bibliis Germanicis".
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "prae" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
