praevius
Latin
Etymology
From prae + via (“road; way”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈprae̯.u̯i.us/, [ˈpräe̯u̯iʊs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈpre.vi.us/, [ˈprɛːvius]
Adjective
praevius (feminine praevia, neuter praevium); first/second-declension adjective
- going before, leading the way
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | praevius | praevia | praevium | praeviī | praeviae | praevia | |
| Genitive | praeviī | praeviae | praeviī | praeviōrum | praeviārum | praeviōrum | |
| Dative | praeviō | praeviō | praeviīs | ||||
| Accusative | praevium | praeviam | praevium | praeviōs | praeviās | praevia | |
| Ablative | praeviō | praeviā | praeviō | praeviīs | |||
| Vocative | praevie | praevia | praevium | praeviī | praeviae | praevia | |
Related terms
- via
Descendants
- Catalan: previ
- English: previous
- Italian: previo
- Portuguese: prévio
- Spanish: previo
References
- “praevius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “praevius”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- praevius in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- praevius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette