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Latin
Etymology
From praeter (“after”) + ea (“these things”).
Pronunciation
Adverb
praetereā (not comparable)
- besides, moreover
- thereafter, henceforth
- in addition, else
References
- “praeterea”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “praeterea”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- praeterea 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)
- praeterea in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.