praeposterus
καλῶς γέ μου τὸν υἱὸν ὦ Στιλβωνίδη εὑρὼν ἀπιόντ' ἀπὸ γυμνασίου λελουμένον οὐκ ἔκυσας, οὐ προσεῖπας, οὐ προσηγάγου, οὐκ ὠρχιπέδισας, ὢν ἐμοὶ πατρικὸς φίλος → Ah! Is this well done, Stilbonides? You met my son coming from the bath after the gymnasium and you neither spoke to him, nor kissed him, nor took him with you, nor ever once felt his balls. Would anyone call you an old friend of mine?
Latin > English
praeposterus praepostera, praeposterum ADJ :: in the wrong order; wrong-headed; topsy-turvy
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
prae-postĕrus: a, um, adj.,
I reversed, inverted, perverted, distorted, absurd, preposterous, unseasonable, etc. (class.; syn.: intempestivus, perversus).
I Of persons, absurd, preposterous: ut erat semper praeposterus atque perversus, Cic. Clu. 26, 71: imperator, id. Pis. 38, 92: homines, Sall. J. 85, 12.—
II Of things concr. and abstract: praeposteri ficus, figs out of season, too late, Plin. 16, 27, 51, § 117: natalis, an inverted birth, i. e. with the feet foremost, id. 7, 8, 6, § 46: praeposteri aut praeproperi rigores, id. 18, 25, 57, § 208: dies, id. 17, 24, 37, § 216: frigus, Sen. Ep. 23, 1: quid tam perversum praeposterumve dici, aut excogitari potest? Cic. Rab. Post. 13, 37: ut ne quid perturbatum ac discrepans, aut praeposterum sit, id. de Or. 3, 11, 40: tempora, id. ib. 3, 13, 49: gratulatio, id. Sull. 32, 91: consilia, id. Lael. 22, 85: ordo, Lucr. 3, 621: praepostera et intempestiva oratio, Plin. Ep. 6, 5, 3.—Hence, adv.: praepostĕrē, in a reversed order, irregularly (class.): litteras reddere, Cic. Att. 7, 16, 1: agere cum aliquo, id. Ac. 2, 20, 67: laevus calceus praepostere inductus, the left inslead of the right, Plin. 2, 7, 5, § 24: dicere aliquid, Plin. Ep. 3, 9, 28: syllogismo uti, Gell. 2, 8, 1; and praepostero, Sen. Ep. 3, 2.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
præpostĕrus,¹² a, um, renversé, interverti : præpostera consilia Cic. Læl. 85, réflexions placées comme la charrue avant les bœufs, à contretemps ; præpostera gratulatio Cic. Sulla 91, félicitations intempestives || præposterus homo Cic. Clu. 71, homme qui fait tout à rebours, maladroit, cf. Cic. Pis. 92 ; Fam. 15, 17, 1.
Latin > German (Georges)
prae-posterus, a, um, I) verkehrt, unrecht, natalis, verkehrte Geburt, mit den Füßen voran, Plin.: ficus, Feigen, die zu zeitig oder zu spät wachsen, Plin.: ordo, Lucr.: frigus, Sen.: praeproperi aut praeposteri rigores, Plin.: gratulatio, Cic.: ambitio, Tac.: praeposteris utimur consiliis, wir sind hintennach klug, Cic. – II) übtr., von Pers., verkehrt = verkehrt handelnd, praeposteri homines, Sall.: praeposteros habes tabellarios, Cic.
