praeteritus

Latin

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of praetereō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /prae̯ˈte.ri.tus/, [präe̯ˈt̪ɛrɪt̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /preˈte.ri.tus/, [preˈt̪ɛːrit̪us]

Participle

praeteritus (feminine praeterita, neuter praeteritum); first/second-declension participle

1. passed by
2. disregarded, neglected, omitted or missed
3. surpassed or excelled
4. (grammar) preterite; past

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	praeteritus	praeterita	praeteritum		praeteritī	praeteritae	praeterita
Genitive	praeteritī	praeteritae	praeteritī		praeteritōrum	praeteritārum	praeteritōrum
Dative	praeteritō		praeteritō		praeteritīs
Accusative	praeteritum	praeteritam	praeteritum		praeteritōs	praeteritās	praeterita
Ablative	praeteritō	praeteritā	praeteritō		praeteritīs
Vocative	praeterite	praeterita	praeteritum		praeteritī	praeteritae	praeterita

Adjective

praeteritus (feminine praeterita, neuter praeteritum); first/second-declension adjective

1. past, in the past

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	praeteritus	praeterita	praeteritum		praeteritī	praeteritae	praeterita
Genitive	praeteritī	praeteritae	praeteritī		praeteritōrum	praeteritārum	praeteritōrum
Dative	praeteritō		praeteritō		praeteritīs
Accusative	praeteritum	praeteritam	praeteritum		praeteritōs	praeteritās	praeterita
Ablative	praeteritō	praeteritā	praeteritō		praeteritīs
Vocative	praeterite	praeterita	praeteritum		praeteritī	praeteritae	praeterita

Derived terms

• praeteritum

References

• “praeteritus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “praeteritus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• praeteritus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • amnesty (ἀμνηρτία): ante actarum (praeteritarum) rerum oblivio or simply oblivio