pridem

Latin

Etymology

From old prī, prei (“before”) and demonstrative -dem. Compare prīdiē. See also prior, prīmus, prīscus and prīstinus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈpriː.dem/, [ˈpriːd̪ɛ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpri.dem/, [ˈpriːd̪em]

Adverb

prīdem (not comparable)

1. long ago, long since
2. previously, formerly

References

• “pridem”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “pridem”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• pridem in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • those ideas have long ago been given up: illae sententiae iam pridem explosae et eiectae sunt (Fin. 5. 8. 23)