Gen. 29:30 C. Vulgate

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Gen. 29:30 C. Vulgate

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"Tandemque potitus optatis nuptiis, amorem sequentis priori prætulit, serviens apud eum septem annis aliis." -Gen. 29:30 C. Vulgate

"And having at length obtained the marriage he wished for, he preferred the love of the latter before the former, and served with him other seven years." - Douay


At first I struggled with potitus optatis nuptiis, but resolved that after finding that nuptiis is not a participle of nubo but means wedding ceremony in singular. My question here is fairly simple I think: Is priori in dative or ablative? i.e. Praetulit+accusative+dative? Meaning that one prefers the accusative to the dative?

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Yes, dative. See examples in the dictionary.

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I found it in my Cassell's, too. Thank you

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