praestantĭa, ae, f. [praestans],
preeminence , superiority , excellence (class.): excellentia praestantiaque animantium reliquorum, over other creatures , Cic. Off. 1, 28, 97: virtutis, ingenii, fortunae, pre-eminence in , id. Lael. 19, 70: di omnium rerum praestantiā excellentes, in all things , id. Div. 2, 63, 129: dignitatis, id. de Or. 2, 52, 209: remedii, Plin. 12, 3, 7, § 16: vulneribus sanandis tanta praestantia est, ut, etc., of such superior efficacy , id. 27, 6, 24, § 42.