Latin edit

Etymology edit

Present participle of praetereō.

Participle edit

praeteriēns (genitive praetereuntis); third-declension one-termination participle

  1. passing by
  2. disregarding or neglecting
  3. surpassing

Declension edit

Third-declension participle.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masc./Fem. Neuter Masc./Fem. Neuter
Nominative praeteriēns praetereuntēs praetereuntia
Genitive praetereuntis praetereuntium
Dative praetereuntī praetereuntibus
Accusative praetereuntem praeteriēns praetereuntēs
praetereuntīs
praetereuntia
Ablative praetereunte
praetereuntī1
praetereuntibus
Vocative praeteriēns praetereuntēs praetereuntia

1When used purely as an adjective.

References edit

  • praeteriens”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • praeteriens”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • praeteriens in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to make a cursory mention of a thing; to mention by the way (not obiter or in transcursu): quasi praeteriens, in transitu attingere aliquid
    • I said en passant, by the way: dixi quasi praeteriens or in transitu