"prior" meaning in Latin

See prior in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈpri.or/ [Classical-Latin], [ˈpriɔr] [Classical-Latin], /ˈpri.or/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [ˈpriːor] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From Proto-Italic *priōs, from earlier *prijōs, from *pri + *-jōs, thus the comparative degree of Old Latin *pri (“before”), from Proto-Italic *pri from Proto-Indo-European *per- (“beyond”), *pró (“before”). Etymology templates: {{inh|la|itc-pro|*priōs}} Proto-Italic *priōs, {{der|la|itc-ola|*pri||before}} Old Latin *pri (“before”), {{cog|itc-pro|*pri}} Proto-Italic *pri, {{der|la|ine-pro|*per-||beyond}} Proto-Indo-European *per- (“beyond”) Head templates: {{la-adj|prior|sup=prīmus}} prior (neuter prius, superlative prīmus); third-declension comparative adjective Inflection templates: {{la-adecl|prior}} Forms: prius [neuter], prīmus [superlative], no-table-tags [table-tags], prior [feminine, masculine, nominative, singular], prius [neuter, nominative, singular], priōrēs [feminine, masculine, nominative, plural], priōra [neuter, nominative, plural], priōris [feminine, genitive, masculine, neuter, singular], priōrum [feminine, genitive, masculine, neuter, plural], priōrī [dative, feminine, masculine, neuter, singular], priōribus [dative, feminine, masculine, neuter, plural], priōrem [accusative, feminine, masculine, singular], prius [accusative, neuter, singular], priōrēs [accusative, feminine, masculine, plural], priōrīs [accusative, feminine, masculine, plural], priōra [accusative, neuter, plural], priōre [ablative, feminine, masculine, neuter, singular], priōrī [ablative, feminine, masculine, neuter, singular], priōribus [ablative, feminine, masculine, neuter, plural], prior [feminine, masculine, singular, vocative], prius [neuter, singular, vocative], priōrēs [feminine, masculine, plural, vocative], priōra [neuter, plural, vocative]
  1. former, prior, previous, earlier (preceding in time) Tags: adjective, comparative, declension-3
    Sense id: en-prior-la-adj-Fna6uxy- Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 39 10 3 32 16
  2. the first, the original Tags: adjective, comparative, declension-3
    Sense id: en-prior-la-adj-xpETSN~U
  3. in front Tags: adjective, comparative, declension-3
    Sense id: en-prior-la-adj-sxQgeT7h
  4. (figuratively) better, superior Tags: adjective, comparative, declension-3, figuratively
    Sense id: en-prior-la-adj-YFeAYaoG Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 39 10 3 32 16
  5. (substantive, Medieval Latin) abbot, prior Tags: Medieval-Latin, adjective, comparative, declension-3, substantive Categories (topical): Monasticism
    Sense id: en-prior-la-adj-D3ZRczoT Disambiguation of Monasticism: 20 2 0 13 65 Categories (other): Medieval Latin, Latin entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 39 10 3 32 16
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: ā priōrī, priōrēs, prius, priusquam Related terms: prīmus

Inflected forms

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "ā priōrī"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "priōrēs"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "prius"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "priusquam"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ca",
            "2": "prior",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Catalan: prior",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Catalan: prior"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "cs",
            "2": "převor",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Czech: převor",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Czech: převor"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nl",
            "2": "prior",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Dutch: prior",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Dutch: prior"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "prior",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: prior",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: prior"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fi",
            "2": "priori",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Finnish: priori",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Finnish: priori"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fr",
            "2": "prieur",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ French: prieur",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ French: prieur"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ga",
            "2": "prióir",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Irish: prióir",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Irish: prióir"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gl",
            "2": "prior",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Galician: prior",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Galician: prior"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "priore",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Italian: priore",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Italian: priore"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gmh",
            "2": "prior",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Middle High German: prior",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Middle High German: prior"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "de",
            "2": "Prior"
          },
          "expansion": "German: Prior",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "German: Prior"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nb",
            "2": "priori",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Norwegian Bokmål: priori",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Norwegian Bokmål: priori"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pl",
            "2": "przeor",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Polish: przeor",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Polish: przeor"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ro",
            "2": "prior",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Romanian: prior",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Romanian: prior"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ru",
            "2": "приор",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Russian: приор (prior)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Russian: приор (prior)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "prior",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Spanish: prior",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Spanish: prior"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "prior",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Portuguese: prior",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Portuguese: prior"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "itc-pro",
        "3": "*priōs"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Italic *priōs",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "itc-ola",
        "3": "*pri",
        "4": "",
        "5": "before"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Latin *pri (“before”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "itc-pro",
        "2": "*pri"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Italic *pri",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*per-",
        "4": "",
        "5": "beyond"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *per- (“beyond”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Italic *priōs, from earlier *prijōs, from *pri + *-jōs, thus the comparative degree of Old Latin *pri (“before”), from Proto-Italic *pri from Proto-Indo-European *per- (“beyond”), *pró (“before”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "prius",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "prīmus",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-adecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "prior",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "prius",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "priōrēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "priōra",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "priōris",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "priōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "priōrī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "priōribus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "priōrem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "prius",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "priōrēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "priōrīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "priōra",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "priōre",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "priōrī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "priōribus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "prior",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "prius",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "priōrēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "priōra",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "prior",
        "sup": "prīmus"
      },
      "expansion": "prior (neuter prius, superlative prīmus); third-declension comparative adjective",
      "name": "la-adj"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "prior"
      },
      "name": "la-adecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "adj",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "prīmus"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "39 10 3 32 16",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "the year before, the previous year; during the year before",
          "text": "priore anno",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "the previous summer",
          "text": "priore aestate",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "the previous night",
          "text": "priore nocte",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "The military authority of Quintus Fulvius and Appius Claudius, consuls of the previous year, was extended and the armies which they had were decided upon, and it was added as a proviso that they should not withdraw from Capua, which they were besieging, until they conquered it.",
          "ref": "27 BCE – 25 BCE, Titus Livius, Ab Urbe Condita 26.1",
          "text": "Q. Fuluio Ap. Claudio, prioris anni consulibus, prorogatum imperium est atque exercitus quos habebant decreti, adiectumque ne a Capua quam obsidebant abscederent priusquam expugnassent."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "former, prior, previous, earlier (preceding in time)"
      ],
      "id": "en-prior-la-adj-Fna6uxy-",
      "links": [
        [
          "former",
          "former"
        ],
        [
          "prior",
          "#English"
        ],
        [
          "previous",
          "previous"
        ],
        [
          "earlier",
          "earlier"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adjective",
        "comparative",
        "declension-3"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "the first, the original"
      ],
      "id": "en-prior-la-adj-xpETSN~U",
      "links": [
        [
          "first",
          "first"
        ],
        [
          "original",
          "original"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adjective",
        "comparative",
        "declension-3"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "in front"
      ],
      "id": "en-prior-la-adj-sxQgeT7h",
      "links": [
        [
          "front",
          "front"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adjective",
        "comparative",
        "declension-3"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "39 10 3 32 16",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "“Likewise, because of you, my sense of honor is gone, and a better reputation which was my only way to the stars.”\n(As a widow, Dido's chastity and devotion to the memory of her first husband would have been well-regarded in Augustan Rome.)",
          "ref": "29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.321–323",
          "text": "… tē propter eundem / exstīnctus pudor et, quā sōlā sīdera adībam, / fāma prior. …"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "better, superior"
      ],
      "id": "en-prior-la-adj-YFeAYaoG",
      "links": [
        [
          "better",
          "better"
        ],
        [
          "superior",
          "superior"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figuratively) better, superior"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adjective",
        "comparative",
        "declension-3",
        "figuratively"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Medieval Latin",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "39 10 3 32 16",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "20 2 0 13 65",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "la",
          "name": "Monasticism",
          "orig": "la:Monasticism",
          "parents": [
            "Religion",
            "Culture",
            "Society",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "abbot, prior"
      ],
      "id": "en-prior-la-adj-D3ZRczoT",
      "links": [
        [
          "abbot",
          "abbot"
        ],
        [
          "prior",
          "#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(substantive, Medieval Latin) abbot, prior"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Medieval-Latin",
        "adjective",
        "comparative",
        "declension-3",
        "substantive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpri.or/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈpriɔr]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpri.or/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈpriːor]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "prior"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Latin 2-syllable words",
    "Latin adjectives",
    "Latin comparative adjectives",
    "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
    "Latin lemmas",
    "Latin terms derived from Old Latin",
    "Latin terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Latin terms derived from Proto-Italic",
    "Latin terms inherited from Proto-Italic",
    "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Latin third declension adjectives",
    "Pages with 5 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "la:Monasticism"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "ā priōrī"
    },
    {
      "word": "priōrēs"
    },
    {
      "word": "prius"
    },
    {
      "word": "priusquam"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ca",
            "2": "prior",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Catalan: prior",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Catalan: prior"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "cs",
            "2": "převor",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Czech: převor",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Czech: převor"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nl",
            "2": "prior",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Dutch: prior",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Dutch: prior"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "prior",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: prior",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: prior"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fi",
            "2": "priori",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Finnish: priori",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Finnish: priori"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fr",
            "2": "prieur",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ French: prieur",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ French: prieur"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ga",
            "2": "prióir",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Irish: prióir",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Irish: prióir"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gl",
            "2": "prior",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Galician: prior",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Galician: prior"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "priore",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Italian: priore",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Italian: priore"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gmh",
            "2": "prior",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Middle High German: prior",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Middle High German: prior"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "de",
            "2": "Prior"
          },
          "expansion": "German: Prior",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "German: Prior"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nb",
            "2": "priori",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Norwegian Bokmål: priori",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Norwegian Bokmål: priori"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pl",
            "2": "przeor",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Polish: przeor",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Polish: przeor"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ro",
            "2": "prior",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Romanian: prior",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Romanian: prior"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ru",
            "2": "приор",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Russian: приор (prior)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Russian: приор (prior)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "prior",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Spanish: prior",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Spanish: prior"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "prior",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Portuguese: prior",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Portuguese: prior"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "itc-pro",
        "3": "*priōs"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Italic *priōs",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "itc-ola",
        "3": "*pri",
        "4": "",
        "5": "before"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Latin *pri (“before”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "itc-pro",
        "2": "*pri"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Italic *pri",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*per-",
        "4": "",
        "5": "beyond"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *per- (“beyond”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Italic *priōs, from earlier *prijōs, from *pri + *-jōs, thus the comparative degree of Old Latin *pri (“before”), from Proto-Italic *pri from Proto-Indo-European *per- (“beyond”), *pró (“before”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "prius",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "prīmus",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-adecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "prior",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "prius",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "priōrēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "priōra",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "priōris",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "priōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "priōrī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "priōribus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "priōrem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "prius",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "priōrēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "priōrīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "priōra",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "priōre",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "priōrī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "priōribus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "prior",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "prius",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "priōrēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "priōra",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "prior",
        "sup": "prīmus"
      },
      "expansion": "prior (neuter prius, superlative prīmus); third-declension comparative adjective",
      "name": "la-adj"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "prior"
      },
      "name": "la-adecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "adj",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "prīmus"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin terms with quotations",
        "Latin terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "the year before, the previous year; during the year before",
          "text": "priore anno",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "the previous summer",
          "text": "priore aestate",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "the previous night",
          "text": "priore nocte",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "The military authority of Quintus Fulvius and Appius Claudius, consuls of the previous year, was extended and the armies which they had were decided upon, and it was added as a proviso that they should not withdraw from Capua, which they were besieging, until they conquered it.",
          "ref": "27 BCE – 25 BCE, Titus Livius, Ab Urbe Condita 26.1",
          "text": "Q. Fuluio Ap. Claudio, prioris anni consulibus, prorogatum imperium est atque exercitus quos habebant decreti, adiectumque ne a Capua quam obsidebant abscederent priusquam expugnassent."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "former, prior, previous, earlier (preceding in time)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "former",
          "former"
        ],
        [
          "prior",
          "#English"
        ],
        [
          "previous",
          "previous"
        ],
        [
          "earlier",
          "earlier"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adjective",
        "comparative",
        "declension-3"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "the first, the original"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "first",
          "first"
        ],
        [
          "original",
          "original"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adjective",
        "comparative",
        "declension-3"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "in front"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "front",
          "front"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adjective",
        "comparative",
        "declension-3"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "“Likewise, because of you, my sense of honor is gone, and a better reputation which was my only way to the stars.”\n(As a widow, Dido's chastity and devotion to the memory of her first husband would have been well-regarded in Augustan Rome.)",
          "ref": "29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.321–323",
          "text": "… tē propter eundem / exstīnctus pudor et, quā sōlā sīdera adībam, / fāma prior. …"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "better, superior"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "better",
          "better"
        ],
        [
          "superior",
          "superior"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figuratively) better, superior"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adjective",
        "comparative",
        "declension-3",
        "figuratively"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Medieval Latin"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "abbot, prior"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "abbot",
          "abbot"
        ],
        [
          "prior",
          "#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(substantive, Medieval Latin) abbot, prior"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Medieval-Latin",
        "adjective",
        "comparative",
        "declension-3",
        "substantive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpri.or/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈpriɔr]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpri.or/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈpriːor]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "prior"
}

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