(v. n.P. a.) : prae-pollĕo, ēre, v. n.
* To exceed or surpass in power, to be very powerful, to be very remarkable or distinguished (perh. not ante-Aug.): quibus additis praepollebat,he had the superiority,Tac. A. 2, 45; 51: Phoenices mari praepollebant,id. ib. 11, 14: puella praepollet pulcritudine,App. M. 6, p. 182, 29.—Hence, praepollens, entis, P. a., very powerful, very distinguished: gens divitiis praepollens,Liv. 1, 57: vir, virtute,id. 5, 34.—Comp.: vis oculorum praepollentior, Aug. Civ. Dei, 22, 29.‡ * praepondĕrātĭo, ōnis, f. praepondero, preponderance: praeponderatio, ῥοπή, Gloss. Lat. Gr.

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