prius
τὰ πρὸ Εὐκλείδου ἐξετάζειν → investigate what happened before the flood, investigate what happened in the distant past, investigate what happened before Euclid, investigate what happened before the year of Euclid
Latin > English
prius ADV :: earlier, before, previously, first
prius prius prioris N N :: earlier times/events/actions; a logically prior proposition
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.
Latin > German (Georges)
prius, Adv. (prior), I) eher, vorher, Cic. u.a.: prius praecipere, prius praemeditari, Liv.: prius iam dixit, schon früher einmal, Ter. – mit folg. quam, bevor, ehe, Cic.; od. eher, lieber, Cic.: quam prius = priusquam, Prop. – II) übtr., vorher, ehemals (Ggstz. nunc), Catull. 4, 25 u.a.
Latin > Chinese
prius. adv. :: 光。愈快。— orto sole 日未出之先。
