praequam

Latin

Alternative forms

• prae quam

Etymology

From prae +‎ quam.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈprae̯.kʷam/, [ˈpräe̯kʷä̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpre.kwam/, [ˈprɛːkwäm]

Adverb

praequam (not comparable)

1. (+ simple clause) Compared with the way in which
   1. (+ relative clause or noun alone) Compared with
2. Beyond the way in which, further than

References

• “praequam”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• praequam in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “praequam” on page 1581 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (2nd ed., 2012)