"prae" meaning in Latin

See prae in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adverb

IPA: [ˈprae̯] [Classical-Latin], [ˈprɛː] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) Forms: prius [comparative], prīmō [superlative], prē [alternative, Medieval-Latin]
Etymology: From Proto-Italic *prai, 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). The prepositional ablative is from the PIE locative. Etymology templates: {{root|la|ine-pro|*preh₂-}}, {{inh|la|itc-pro|*prai}} Proto-Italic *prai, {{inh|la|ine-pro|*preh₂-|*préh₂i}} Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i, {{cog|itc-ola|*pri||before}} Old Latin *pri (“before”), {{cog|osc|𐌐𐌓𐌀𐌉}} Oscan 𐌐𐌓𐌀𐌉 (prai), {{cog|xum|𐌐𐌓𐌄}} Umbrian 𐌐𐌓𐌄 (pre), {{lg|locative}} locative Head templates: {{la-adv|prae|prius|prīmō}} prae (comparative prius, superlative prīmō)
  1. before
    Sense id: en-prae-la-adv-bbfYA-dP Categories (other): English links with manual fragments, Latin ablative prepositions, Latin prepositions Disambiguation of Latin ablative prepositions: 20 0 28 29 24 Disambiguation of Latin prepositions: 20 0 29 28 24
  2. in front
    Sense id: en-prae-la-adv-sxQgeT7h

Preposition

IPA: [ˈprae̯] [Classical-Latin], [ˈprɛː] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) Forms: prē [alternative, Medieval-Latin]
Etymology: From Proto-Italic *prai, 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). The prepositional ablative is from the PIE locative. Etymology templates: {{root|la|ine-pro|*preh₂-}}, {{inh|la|itc-pro|*prai}} Proto-Italic *prai, {{inh|la|ine-pro|*preh₂-|*préh₂i}} Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i, {{cog|itc-ola|*pri||before}} Old Latin *pri (“before”), {{cog|osc|𐌐𐌓𐌀𐌉}} Oscan 𐌐𐌓𐌀𐌉 (prai), {{cog|xum|𐌐𐌓𐌄}} Umbrian 𐌐𐌓𐌄 (pre), {{lg|locative}} locative Head templates: {{la-prep|prae|ablative}} prae (+ ablative)
  1. before (prior to or in front of) Tags: with-ablative Synonyms (before): ante, prō
    Sense id: en-prae-la-prep-kJDCwxmB Categories (other): English links with manual fragments, Pages with entries, Latin ablative prepositions, Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin prepositions Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 34 1 0 25 33 6 Disambiguation of Latin ablative prepositions: 20 0 28 29 24 Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 1 0 39 47 12 Disambiguation of Latin prepositions: 20 0 29 28 24 Disambiguation of 'before': 97 0 2
  2. in comparison with Tags: with-ablative
    Sense id: en-prae-la-prep-S9CDuHPn Categories (other): Pages with entries, Latin ablative prepositions, Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin prepositions Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 34 1 0 25 33 6 Disambiguation of Latin ablative prepositions: 20 0 28 29 24 Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 1 0 39 47 12 Disambiguation of Latin prepositions: 20 0 29 28 24
  3. because of, owing to, due to Tags: with-ablative
    Sense id: en-prae-la-prep-MokJO6VV Categories (other): Latin ablative prepositions, Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin prepositions Disambiguation of Latin ablative prepositions: 20 0 28 29 24 Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 1 0 39 47 12 Disambiguation of Latin prepositions: 20 0 29 28 24
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: prae-, praeter, praeeo
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          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "in comparison with"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "comparison",
          "comparison"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "with-ablative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "because of, owing to, due to"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "because of",
          "because of"
        ],
        [
          "owing to",
          "owing to"
        ],
        [
          "due to",
          "due to"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "with-ablative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈprae̯]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈprɛː]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "before",
      "word": "ante"
    },
    {
      "sense": "before",
      "word": "prō"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "PIE"
  ],
  "word": "prae"
}

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