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{{LaEn
|lnetxt=cis PREP ACC :: on/to this/near side of, short of; before, within (time)
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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>cis</b>: prep. pronom. [[stem]] ki-, [[whence]] -ce; Gr. ἐ-κεῖ>; cf.: hic, sic, etc. ([[far]] [[more]] [[rare]] [[than]] the kindr. [[citra]]),<br /><b>I</b> on this [[side]] (opp. uls, [[ultra]], and [[trans]]; cf. Varr. L. L. 5, § 83 Müll.; Liv. 5, 35, 4; 5, 33, 9 al.); [[with]] acc.<br /><b>I</b> In [[space]].<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> With [[verb]] of [[motion]] ([[rare]]): eo [[die]] cis Tiberim redeundum est, Varr. ap. Non. p. 92, 11.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> With [[verb]] of [[rest]]: [[Oppius]] [[mons]], [[terticeps]] cis lucum Exquilinum, Sacr. Argae. ap. Varr. L. L. 5, § 50 Müll.: cis Tiberim redire, Liv. 8, 14, 6: [[Gallia]] cis Rhenum perdomita, Sall. H. 1, 8 Dietsch; cf.: quae cis Taurum sunt, Cic. Fam. 3, 8, 4: cis Euphratem, id. Att. 7, 2, 6: Germanos, qui cis Rhenum incolunt, Caes. B. G. 2, 3: hic [[primus]] cis Anienem cum rege Veientium conflixit. Liv. 4, 17, 18: cis Taurum montem [[usque]] ad Halyn amnem, id. 38, 38, 4: cis Padum ultraque, id. 5, 35, 4; Dig. 1, 2, 2, § 32.—<br /><b>II</b> In [[time]], [[within]] ([[only]] in Plaut. and [[post]]-[[class]]. writers; in the [[former]] [[always]] in [[connection]] [[with]] [[pauci]]): cis [[dies]] paucos, Plaut. Truc. 2, 3, 27: paucos cis mensīs, id. Merc. 1, 2, 42 Lorenz ad loc.: cis paucas tempestates, id. Most. 1, 1, 17: cis pauculos [[dies]], Mamert. Grat. Act. Jul. 15: cis mensem decimum, Aur. Vict. Caes. 42, 1.—<br /><b>III</b> Acc. to Priscian, also in [[other]] designations of limits = [[intra]]: cis naturae leges, ut [[ultra]] naturae leges, Prisc. p. 987 P.; [[but]] the [[only]] [[passage]] cited for this [[meaning]] is: veniam petens, [[quod]] ei cis Vettios, Plautios dissimulavisset, Tac. A. 11, 30 Ritter (Halm: ei Titios, Vettios; al. [[aliter]]), a [[very]] [[corrupt]] [[passage]].
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>cĭs</b>,¹² prép. avec l’acc.<br /><b>1</b> en deçà : [[cis]] Taurum Cic. Fam. 3, 8, 5, en deçà du mont [[Taurus]] ; Cæs. G. 2, 3 ; 4, 4<br /><b>2</b> avant [en parl. du temps] : [[cis]] [[dies]] paucos Pl. Truc. 348, d’ici peu de jours<br /><b>3</b> dans la limite de : [[cis]] naturæ leges Prisc. Gramm. 14, 27, dans les limites des lois de la nature.
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{{Georges
|georg=cis, Praep. m Acc. ([[verwandt]] [[mit]] is u. [[hic]], [[mit]] vorgesetztem demonstrat. c), [[diesseit]] (Ggstz. [[ultra]], [[trans]]), I) eig., im Raume: [[cis]] [[Ariminum]], [[Cato]] fr.: [[cis]] Taurum, Cic.: et [[uls]] et [[cis]] Tiberim, Varr. LL.: [[cis]] Padum ultraque, Liv. – II) übtr., in der [[Zeit]], [[innerhalb]], [[binnen]] (vgl. Lorenz Plaut. most. 18), paucos [[cis]] menses, Plaut.: [[cis]] paucos [[dies]], Sall. fr.: [[cis]] mensem [[decimum]], Aur. Vict.
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