Latin

Preposition

praeter ‎(+ accusative)

1. besides, except
2. beyond
3. more than

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, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “prætĕr”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette, page 1,229.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, 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)
• “praeter” on page 844/1 of Jan Frederik Niermeyer’s Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus (1976)