praeter

See also: praeter-, and præter-

Latin

Alternative forms

• prēter (Medieval Latin)

Etymology

Continuing Proto-Italic *praiteros, from Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i (“before, across”) + *-teros (“contrastive suffix”). Equivalent to prae +‎ -ter.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈprae̯.ter/, [ˈpräe̯t̪ɛr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpre.ter/, [ˈprɛːt̪er]

Preposition

praeter (+ accusative)

1. past, by (of motion)
2. besides, except

   Synonyms: praeterquam, nisi

3. beyond
4. more than
5. contrary

Descendants

• → English: preter-, praeter-, præter-
• → Esperanto: preter

References

• “praeter”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “praeter”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• PRÆTER 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)
• prætĕr in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 1,229.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • contrary to expectation: praeter spem, exspectationem
    
  • beyond all measure: extra, praeter modum
    
  • according to my custom: ex consuetudine mea (opp. praeter consuetudinem)
    
  • putting aside, except: praeter c. Accus.
    
• “praeter” on page 1,445 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)
• Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976) “praeter”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 844/1