praestābĭlis, e, adj. [2. praesto],
preeminent , distinguished , excellent (class.; usually only of things concr. and abstr.): res magnitudine praestabiles, Cic. de Or. 2, 85, 347: praestabilis insignisque virtus, id. Har. Resp. 19, 41: ingenium atque lingua, Gell. 10, 18, 6: linguā ac facundiā praestabilis, id. 18, 3, 3: (Deus) praestabilis super malitiā, exalted , Vulg. Joel, 2, 13.—With inf.: Calchas praestabilis hariolari, i. e. hariolando, Ap. Deo Socr. p. 52, 4.— Comp. : dignitas praestabilior, Cic. Prov. Cons. 16, 38: fuerat praestabilius, preferable , better , Ter. Hec. 284: nihil amicitiā praestabilius, Cic. Lael. 27, 104: utrum huic rei publicae melius fuisse et praestabilius me civem nosci an te? more advantageous , Cic. Vatin. 4, 10: neque majus aliud, neque praestabilius invenies, Sall. J. 1, 2.