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Latin
Etymology
Present participle of praetereō.
Participle
praeteriēns (genitive praetereuntis); third-declension one-termination participle
- passing by
- disregarding or neglecting
- surpassing
Declension
Third-declension participle.
1When used purely as an adjective.
References
- “praeteriens”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “praeteriens”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- praeteriens in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to make a cursory mention of a thing; to mention by the way (not obiter or in transcursu): quasi praeteriens, in transitu attingere aliquid
- I said en passant, by the way: dixi quasi praeteriens or in transitu