prior
Dictionary entries
- Entry →prior, prioris:
Masculine · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
ancestors (pl.), forefathers, predecessors, people of an earlier time;; superior/elder monk; (later) second in dignity to abbot/head of priory, prior;
nom. sg.voc. sg.
Examples
Aeneid III
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...aliae, Phineia postquam clausa domus mensasque metu liquere priores. tristius haud illis monstrum, nec saevior ulla pestis..."Aeneid IV
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...exstinctus pudor et, qua sola sidera adibam, fama prior. cui me moribundam deseris hospes (hoc solum nomen quoniam..."Aeneid V
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...ante locum scopuloque propinquat, nec tota tamen ille prior praeeunte carina; parte prior, partim rostro premit aemula Pristis..."Aeneid VI
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...multa maestum cognovit in umbra, sic prior adloquitur: 'quis te, Palinure, deorum eripuit nobis medioque sub aequore mersit..."Aeneid VII
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...sese in tecta vocavit, atque haec ingressis placido prior edidit ore: 'dicite, Dardanidae (neque enim nescimus et urbem..."Aeneid VIII
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...residunt aedibus et licito tandem sermone fruuntur. rex prior haec: 'maxime Teucrorum ductor, quo sospite numquam res equidem..."Aeneid IX
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...lora rotasque viros, simul arma iacere, vina simul. prior Hyrtacides sic ore locutus: 'Euryale, audendum dextra: nunc ipsa..."Aeneid I
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...ventis, nuda genu, nodoque sinus collecta fluentis. Ac prior, 'Heus' inquit 'iuvenes, monstrate mearum vidistis si quam..."