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praevius

praevius

Latin

Adjective

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

going before, leading the way

Inflection

First/second declension.

Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Number	Singular				Plural
nominative	praevius	praevia	praevium		praeviī	praeviae	praevia
genitive	praeviī	praeviae	praeviī		praeviōrum	praeviārum	praeviōrum
dative	praeviō	praeviae	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
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, 1883–1887)
Félix Gaffiot (1934), “praevius”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.