praevaleo

== Latin == === Etymology === From prae- (“before”) + valeō (“be able or powerful”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [prae̯ˈwa.ɫe.oː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [preˈvaː.le.o] === Verb === praevaleō (present infinitive praevalēre, perfect active praevaluī, supine praevalitum); second conjugation, no passive to be very able or more able; to be superior, prevail Synonyms: polleo, possum, queō, valeō, vigeō Antonym: nequeō magna est veritas et praevalebit ― Great is the truth and it shall prevail (law) to be settled or established ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== praevalēns praevalentia praevalēscō praevalidus ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== === References === “praevaleo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “praevaleo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “praevaleo”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “prevail”, in The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.