Latin

Preposition

prae ‎(+ ablative)

1. before
2. because of

Derived terms

Descendants

• Romanian: prea

References

• prae in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• prae in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• PRAE in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “prae”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to be unable to speak for emotion: prae lacrimis loqui non posse
    
  • to pass as a man of great learning: magnam doctrinae speciem prae se ferre
    
  • to give the impression of...; have the outward aspect of..: speciem prae se ferre
    
  • to drive the enemy before one: prae se agere hostem