prae

See also: prae-, præ-, and prä-

Latin

Alternative forms

• prē (Medieval Latin)

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *prai, from Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i. Cognate with Old Latin *pri (“before”), as in prior, prīdiē, etc. Other Italic cognates include Oscan 𐌐𐌓𐌀𐌉 (prai) and Umbrian 𐌐𐌓𐌄 (pre).

The ablative is from the PIE locative.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /prae̯/, [präe̯]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /pre/, [prɛː]

Adverb

prae (not comparable)

1. before
2. in front

Preposition

prae (+ ablative)

1. before
2. in front of
3. in comparison with
   • 27 BCE – 25 BCE, Titus Livius, Ab Urbe Condita I.6:

     prae ea urbe

     in comparison with that city

4. because of

Synonyms

• (before, in front of): ante, prō

Derived terms

• prae-
• praeter
• praeeo

Descendants

• Eastern Romance:
  • Romanian: prea

References

• “prae”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “prae”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• prae 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)
• prae in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to be unable to speak for emotion: prae lacrimis loqui non posse
    
  • to pass as a man of great learning: magnam doctrinae speciem prae se ferre
    
  • to give the impression of...; have the outward aspect of..: speciem prae se ferre
    
  • to drive the enemy before one: prae se agere hostem
    
• Buck, Carl (1904) A grammar of Oscan and Umbrian, Ginn & Co, page 78
• ONLINE LATIN DICTIONARY OLIVETTI

Anagrams

• aper, pēra