prius
νεκρὸν ἐάν ποτ' ἴδηις καὶ μνήματα κωφὰ παράγηις κοινὸν ἔσοπτρον ὁρᾶις· ὁ θανὼν οὕτως προσεδόκα → whenever you see a body dead, or pass by silent tombs, you look into the mirror of all men's destiny: the dead man expected nothing else | if you ever see a corpse or walk by quiet graves, that's when you look into the mirror we all share: the dead expected this
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
prĭus: and prĭusquam, v. prior, adv.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
prĭus⁸ (prior), adv.,
1 plus tôt, auparavant : prius murum ascendere Cæs. G. 7, 47, 7, escalader le mur avant lui ; prius... deinde Cic. Rep. 2, 58, une première fois... ensuite || [en parl. de deux] respondebo priori (epistulæ) prius Cic. Att. 15, 13, 1, je répondrai d’abord à la première lettre ; ut prius introieram in vitam Cic. Læl. 15, étant venu au monde le premier || prius... quam, v. priusquam
2 [poét.] autrefois, jadis, anciennement : Catul. 4, 25 ; 51, 13 ; Prop. 1, 1, 18.
