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
- P
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..." - P
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..." - P
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..." - P
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..." - P
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..." - P
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..." - P
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..." - P
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..."