praevius

Latin

Etymology

From prae + via (“road; way”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈprae̯.u̯i.us/, [ˈpräe̯u̯iʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpre.vi.us/, [ˈprɛːvius]

Adjective

praevius (feminine praevia, neuter praevium); first/second-declension adjective

1. going before, leading the way, precedes

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	praevius	praevia	praevium		praeviī	praeviae	praevia
Genitive	praeviī	praeviae	praeviī		praeviōrum	praeviārum	praeviōrum
Dative	praeviō		praeviō		praeviīs
Accusative	praevium	praeviam	praevium		praeviōs	praeviās	praevia
Ablative	praeviō	praeviā	praeviō		praeviīs
Vocative	praevie	praevia	praevium		praeviī	praeviae	praevia

Related terms

• via

Descendants

• Catalan: previ
• English: previous
• Galician: previo
• Italian: previo
• Portuguese: prévio
• Spanish: previo

References

• “praevius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “praevius”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• praevius in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• praevius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.