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Latin
Etymology
Continuing Proto-Italic *praiteros, from Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i (“before, across”) + *-teros (“contrastive suffix”). Equivalent to prae + -ter.
Pronunciation
Preposition
praeter (+ accusative)
- past, by (of motion)
- besides, except
- Synonyms: praeterquam, nisi
- beyond
- more than
- contrary
Descendants
References
- “praeter”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “praeter”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- PRÆTER 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)
- prætĕr in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 1,229.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- contrary to expectation: praeter spem, exspectationem
- beyond all measure: extra, praeter modum
- according to my custom: ex consuetudine mea (opp. praeter consuetudinem)
- putting aside, except: praeter c. Accus.
- “praeter” on page 1,445 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)
- Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976) “praeter”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 844/1