Meaning of prior | Babel Free

Definitions

1. former, prior, previous, earlier (preceding in time)
   comparative, declension-3
2. the first, the original
   comparative, declension-3
3. in front
   comparative, declension-3
4. better, superior
   comparative, declension-3, figuratively
5. abbot, prior
   Medieval-Latin, comparative, declension-3, substantive

Equivalents

Examples

“priore anno”

the year before, the previous year; during the year before

“priore aestate”

the previous summer

“priore nocte”

the previous night

“Q. Fuluio Ap. Claudio, prioris anni consulibus, prorogatum imperium est atque exercitus quos habebant decreti, adiectumque ne a Capua quam obsidebant abscederent priusquam expugnassent.”

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.

“… tē propter eundem / exstīnctus pudor et, quā sōlā sīdera adībam, / fāma prior. …”

“Likewise, because of you, my sense of honor is gone, and a better reputation which was my only way to the stars.” (As a widow, Dido's chastity and devotion to the memory of her first husband would have been well-regarded in Augustan Rome.)

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