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Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
From praeter + eō.
Pronunciation
Verb
praetereō (present infinitive praeterīre, perfect active praeteriī or praeterīvī, supine praeteritum); irregular conjugation, irregular
- to pass by or go by
- to surpass or excel
- Synonyms: trānseō, trānsgredior, superō, praeferō, trānsmittō, peragō, intrō
- to disregard, neglect, omit or miss
- Synonyms: dēserō, relinquō, omittō, dēdō, concēdō, dēcēdō, dēstituō, dēficiō, oblīvīscor, cēdō, dissimulō, trādō, trānsmittō, addīcō, neglegō, pōnō, reddō, remittō, permittō, tribuō
c. 125 CE – 180 CE,
Apuleius,
Metamorphoses 3.23:
- Sed, quod scīscitārī paene praeterīvī, quō dictō factōve rūrsum exūtīs pinnulīs illīs ad meum redībō Lūcium?
- But, as I almost neglected (or forgot) asking you, with what incantation or action will I cast off those little feathers and return to my old self again?
1435, Leon Battista Alberti,
De pictura 1.5:
- Verum non minima fuit apud priscos disceptatio a superficie an ab oculo ipsi radii erumpant. Quae disceptatio sane difficilis atque apud nos admodum inutilis pretereatur.
- It is true there was a significant dispute among the ancients on whether these rays came out of the surface or from the eye. This really difficult question, which is quite irrelevant for us, may be disregarded.
- (time) to spend, pass
- Synonyms: abeō, cēdō, intercēdō, lābor
Conjugation
Descendants
References
- “praetereo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “praetereo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- praetereo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- time passes: tempus praeterit, transit
- in the past year: praeterito anno (not praeterlapso)
- I am not unaware: me non fugit, praeterit
- to pass over in silence: silentio praeterire (not praetermittere) aliquid
- praetereo in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016