citerior

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English[edit]

WOTD – 29 June 2019

Etymology[edit]

PIE word
*ḱe

Borrowed from Latin citerior (“(particularly in province names) nearer”), comparative of citer (“on this side; near”) (from cis (“on or to this or the near side of; short of; before”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱe (“here”)) + -ior (suffix forming comparatives).[1] The English word is cognate with French citérieur, Italian citeriore, Portuguese citerior, Spanish citerior.

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Adjective[edit]

citerior (not comparable)

  1. (literary) Chiefly in place names: situated on the nearer side.
    Synonyms: (archaic) hither, proximate; see also Thesaurus:near
    Antonym: ulterior
    • 1749, Thomas Nugent, “General Description of Italy”, in The Grand Tour. Containing an Exact Description of Most of the Cities, Towns, and Remarkable Places of Europe. […], volume III, London: Printed for S. Birt, […]; D. Browne, […]; A[ndrew] Millar, […]; and G. Hawkins, […], →OCLC, section II (Description of the Several Provinces of Italy), page 37:
      The Abruzzo is alſo ſubdivided into the Abruzzo Citerior, the Abruzzo Ulterior, and the county of Moliſa. […] Finally, Calabria is ſubdivided into the Baſilicata, Calabria Citerior, and Calabria Ulterior.
    • 1827, William C[hanning] Woodbridge, Emma Willard, “Hispania or Spain”, in Universal Geography, Ancient and Modern; on the Principles of Comparison and Classification, 2nd edition, Hartford, Conn.: Published by Oliver D. Cooke & Co. J. & J. Harper, printers, →OCLC, page 23:
      It [Spain] was divided by the Romans into two provinces, Citeriour and Ulteriour, nearer and farther, that is, from Rome.
    • 1942, The Journal of the Bihar and Orissa Research Society, volume 28, Patna, Bihar, India: Bihar and Orissa Research Society, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 350:
      [D]ifferent provinces fell to different Apostles, Parthia fell to Thomas; to Matthew fell Ethiopia; and the Citerior India adherent to it is said to have fallen to Bartholomew.
    • 1978, Alan E. Astin, “The Consul in Spain”, in Cato the Censor, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, published 2000, →ISBN, page 33:
      One of the new consuls was to take command in [Hispania] Citerior with a full consular army of two legions supported by 15,000 allied troops, 800 cavalry, and twenty-five warships.
    • 2000, Niko Besnier, “Morphology”, in Tuvaluan: A Polynesian Language of the Central Pacific (Descriptive Grammars), London, New York, N.Y.: Routledge, →ISBN, page 347:
      Both citerior and ulterior locations (and corresponding contact locations) are marked similarly. Complex prepositions with mua 'front' […] and tua 'back' […] can denote citerior and ulterior locations respectively, while tafa 'side' […] can denote either citerior or ulterior locations.

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References[edit]

  1. ^ “citerior, adj.”, in OED Online Paid subscription required⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, June 2014; “citerior”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

Latin[edit]

Adjective[edit]

citerior (neuter citerius); third declension

  1. comparative degree of citer

Declension[edit]

Third-declension comparative adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masc./Fem. Neuter Masc./Fem. Neuter
Nominative citerior citerius citeriōrēs citeriōra
Genitive citeriōris citeriōrum
Dative citeriōrī citeriōribus
Accusative citeriōrem citerius citeriōrēs citeriōra
Ablative citeriōre citeriōribus
Vocative citerior citerius citeriōrēs citeriōra

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References[edit]

  • “citerior”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “citerior”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • citerior in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Spanish[edit]

Adjective[edit]

citerior m or f (masculine and feminine plural citeriores)

  1. citerior

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