prius

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈpri.us/, [ˈpriʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpri.us/, [ˈpriːus]

Adjective

prius

1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular of prior

Adverb

prius (not comparable)

1. previously
2. before
   • 58–49 BCE, Julius Caesar and Aulus Hirtius, chapter VII, in Commentarii de Bello Gallico‎, page 9:

     Eo cum pervenisset, ad reliquas legiones mittit priusque omnes in unum locum cogit quam de eius adventu Arvernis nuntiari posset.

     When he arrived there, he sends information to the rest of the legions, and gathers all his army into one place before intelligence of his arrival could be announced to the Arverni.

References

• “prius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “prius”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• prius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) there is nothing I am more interested in than..: nihil antiquius or prius habeo quam ut (nihil mihi antiquius or potius est, quam ut)