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Results for: prefer

English	Latin
prefer	mālō, mālle, māluī
prefer	sis, malo mallui malus, malo, praepono, antepono
(+ dat.) put before, prefer, favor, promote	antepono
a king should prefer his country to his children (Seneca)	præferre patriam liberis regem decet
as long as I have my senses, there is nothing I would prefer to an agreeable friend (Horace)	nil ego contulerim jucundo sanus amico
count it the greatest sin to prefer your existence to your honor, and for the sake of life to lose every reason for living (Juvenal)	summum crede nefas animam præferre pudori, et propter vitam vivendi perdere causas
I prefer honesty to utility	honestum præfero utili
I prefer sense that is faulty in expression to loquacious folly (Cicero)	malim indisertam prudentiam, quam stultitiam loquacem
I prefer silent prudence to loquacious folly (Cicero)	malo indisertam prudentiam, quam loquacem stultitiam
I prefer the most unjust peace to the most just war (Cicero)	iniquissimam pacem justissimo bello antefero
if you wish, are willing, want, prefer	sis
in doubtful cases we must always prefer the mildest sentence	in dubiis benigniora semper sunt præferenda
it is a sign of a great mind to despise greatness, and to prefer things in measure to things in excess (Seneca)	magni animi est magna contemnere, ac mediocria malle quam nimia
pitiable is the life of those who prefer being feared to being loved (Cornelius Nepos)	miseranda vita, qui se metui, quam amari malunt
put before, prefer, favor, promote	antepono

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Total number of language pairs: 544
Total number of translations (in millions): 15.4