prae
Latin
Etymology
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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).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /prae̯/, [präe̯]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /pre/, [prɛː]
Adverb
prae
Preposition
prae (+ ablative)
Synonyms
Derived terms
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
- to be unable to speak for emotion: prae lacrimis loqui non posse
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