pridie

Latin edit

Alternative forms edit

pr.

Etymology edit

A contracted form of Old Latin *pri + diē (“before the day”)

Pronunciation edit

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈpriː.di.eː/, [ˈpriːd̪ieː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpri.di.e/, [ˈpriːd̪ie]

Adverb edit

prīdiē (not comparable)

On the day before
- Cicero, Att., 5.11.6:
  ...pridie quam ego Athenas veni...
  ...on the day before I came to Athens...
...pridie Kalendas Februarias...
...on the day before the February calends...

Usage notes edit

Used particularly in Roman dating for the day before the calends (kalendae), nones (nonae), or ides (īdūs) of each month.

Treated as an absolute followed by a noun in the accusative case or quam and its clause. In classical Latin, followed by a genitive only in the fixed expression pridie eius diei.

References edit

“pridie”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“pridie”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
pridie in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.