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  • 1 primores

    prīmōris, e ( nom. sing. not in use), adj. [primus], the first, first (class. in plur.).
    I.
    In gen. (rare):

    imbres,

    Varr. R. R. 2, 2:

    dentes,

    the front teeth, Plin. 7, 16, 15, § 70:

    in primore pueritiā,

    in earliest childhood, Gell. 10, 19, 3:

    anni,

    first, earliest, Sil. 1, 511: primori Marte, in the first part or beginning of the war, id. 11, 143:

    primore aspectu,

    at first sight, Gell. 2, 7, 6.—
    II.
    In partic.
    A.
    The foremost part, forepart, tip, end, extremity (class.;

    syn. primus): sumere aliquid digitulis primoribus,

    with the tips of one's fingers, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 24:

    versabatur mihi (nomen) in labris primoribus,

    is at my tongue's end, id. Trin. 4, 2, 65:

    aliquid primoribus labris attingere,

    to touch slightly, Cic. de Or. 1, 19, 87; cf. id. Cael. 12, 28; id. Fragm. ap. Non. 428, 3:

    surculum primorem praeacuito obliquum primores digitos duos,

    Cato, R. R. 40, 3; Lucil. ap. Non. 427, 27:

    eduxique animam in primoribu' naribus,

    id. ib. 427, 32:

    nasi primoris acumen,

    Lucr. 6, 1193:

    (pilo) primori inest pyxis ferrea,

    Plin. 18, 11, 29, § 112; 10, 33, 51, § 99:

    cauda late fusa primori parte,

    id. 8, 54, 80, § 216:

    vestibulum esse partem domus primorem,

    Gell. 16, 5, 2:

    in primore libro,

    at the beginning of the book, Gell. 1, 18, 3:

    usque in primores manus ac prope in digitos,

    as far as the forepart of the hands, id. 7, 12:

    primori in acie versari,

    Tac. H. 3, 21.—
    B.
    The first in rank or dignity, chief, principal ( poet. and postclass.—In Liv. 24, 20, 13, Weissenb. reads: inpigre conscriptā; v. also Madvig. ad Cic. Fin. 3, 16, 52):

    Argivorum viri,

    Cat. 68, 87:

    feminae,

    Tac. A. 2, 29:

    venti,

    chief, cardinal, Gell. 2, 22.—Hence, subst.: prīmō-res, um, m.
    (α).
    The front rank in battle, etc.:

    dum inter primores promptius dimicat, sagittā ictus est,

    Curt. 4, 6, 17.—
    (β).
    The men of the first rank, the chiefs, nobles, patricians (cf. princeps):

    Amphitruo delegit viros primorum principes,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 49:

    odio alienae honestatis ereptus primoribus ager,

    Liv. 1, 47, 11:

    primores populi arripuit,

    Hor. S. 2, 1, 69:

    civitatum primores atque optimates,

    Col. 12, 3, 10:

    primores, ac duces,

    Juv. 15, 40:

    ex primoribus,

    Tac. A. 13, 30; 4, 33; Vulg. 2 Macc. 8, 9.

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  • 2 primoris

    prīmōris, e ( nom. sing. not in use), adj. [primus], the first, first (class. in plur.).
    I.
    In gen. (rare):

    imbres,

    Varr. R. R. 2, 2:

    dentes,

    the front teeth, Plin. 7, 16, 15, § 70:

    in primore pueritiā,

    in earliest childhood, Gell. 10, 19, 3:

    anni,

    first, earliest, Sil. 1, 511: primori Marte, in the first part or beginning of the war, id. 11, 143:

    primore aspectu,

    at first sight, Gell. 2, 7, 6.—
    II.
    In partic.
    A.
    The foremost part, forepart, tip, end, extremity (class.;

    syn. primus): sumere aliquid digitulis primoribus,

    with the tips of one's fingers, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 24:

    versabatur mihi (nomen) in labris primoribus,

    is at my tongue's end, id. Trin. 4, 2, 65:

    aliquid primoribus labris attingere,

    to touch slightly, Cic. de Or. 1, 19, 87; cf. id. Cael. 12, 28; id. Fragm. ap. Non. 428, 3:

    surculum primorem praeacuito obliquum primores digitos duos,

    Cato, R. R. 40, 3; Lucil. ap. Non. 427, 27:

    eduxique animam in primoribu' naribus,

    id. ib. 427, 32:

    nasi primoris acumen,

    Lucr. 6, 1193:

    (pilo) primori inest pyxis ferrea,

    Plin. 18, 11, 29, § 112; 10, 33, 51, § 99:

    cauda late fusa primori parte,

    id. 8, 54, 80, § 216:

    vestibulum esse partem domus primorem,

    Gell. 16, 5, 2:

    in primore libro,

    at the beginning of the book, Gell. 1, 18, 3:

    usque in primores manus ac prope in digitos,

    as far as the forepart of the hands, id. 7, 12:

    primori in acie versari,

    Tac. H. 3, 21.—
    B.
    The first in rank or dignity, chief, principal ( poet. and postclass.—In Liv. 24, 20, 13, Weissenb. reads: inpigre conscriptā; v. also Madvig. ad Cic. Fin. 3, 16, 52):

    Argivorum viri,

    Cat. 68, 87:

    feminae,

    Tac. A. 2, 29:

    venti,

    chief, cardinal, Gell. 2, 22.—Hence, subst.: prīmō-res, um, m.
    (α).
    The front rank in battle, etc.:

    dum inter primores promptius dimicat, sagittā ictus est,

    Curt. 4, 6, 17.—
    (β).
    The men of the first rank, the chiefs, nobles, patricians (cf. princeps):

    Amphitruo delegit viros primorum principes,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 49:

    odio alienae honestatis ereptus primoribus ager,

    Liv. 1, 47, 11:

    primores populi arripuit,

    Hor. S. 2, 1, 69:

    civitatum primores atque optimates,

    Col. 12, 3, 10:

    primores, ac duces,

    Juv. 15, 40:

    ex primoribus,

    Tac. A. 13, 30; 4, 33; Vulg. 2 Macc. 8, 9.

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  • 3 frons

    1.
    frons (also anciently fruns; plur. frundes, Enn. Ann. 266 Vahl.; cf. Charis. p. 105 P.—Also in nom. fros or frus, Varr. ib.; Enn. v in the foll.; cf. Prisc. p. 554 P.; and FRONDIS, acc. to Serv. Verg. G. 2, 372), dis, f. [etym. dub.], a leafy branch, green bough, foliage.
    I.
    Lit. (class.; in sing. and plur.; syn. folium).
    (α).
    Sing.: populea frus, Enn. ap. Aus. Technop. (Edyll. 5) 158 sq. (id. Ann. v. 562 Vahl.):

    ilignea, quernea,

    Cato, R. R. 37, 2:

    in nemoribus, ubi virgulta et frons multa,

    Varr. R. R. 2, 5, 11:

    bobus praestabit vilicus frondem,

    Col. 11, 3, 101: alta frons decidit, Varr. ap. Non. 486, 13:

    ne caules allii in frondem luxurient,

    Plin. 19, 6, 34, § 113:

    perenni frunde corona,

    Lucr. 1, 119:

    nigrae feraci frondis in Algido,

    Hor. C. 4, 4, 58:

    sine fronde,

    Ov. Tr. 3, 10, 75:

    immaturam destringere,

    Quint. 12, 6, 2.—
    (β).
    Plur.: russescunt frundes, Enn. ap. Charis. p. 105 P. (Ann. v. 266 Vahl.):

    deserta via et inculta atque interclusa jam frondibus et virgultis relinquatur,

    Cic. Cael. 18, 42:

    viminibus salices fecundi, frondibus ulmi,

    Verg. G. 2, 446:

    frondibus teneris non adhibendam esse falcem,

    Quint. 2, 4, 11:

    bovemque Disjunctum curas et strictis frondibus exples,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 28; id. C. 3, 18, 14.—
    II.
    Poet. transf., a garland made of leafy boughs, a garland of leaves, leafy chaplet: donec Alterutrum velox victoria fronde coronet, Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 64; so in sing., id. C. 4, 2, 36; id. Ep. 2, 1, 110:

    nos delubra deum festa velamus fronde,

    Verg. A. 2, 249; 5, 661; Ov. M. 1, 449; 565; id. A. A. 1, 108.—In plur., Ov. F. 1, 711; 3, 482.
    2.
    frons, frontis, f. ( masc., Cato ap. Gell. 15, 9, 5; and ap. Fest. s. v. recto, p. 286, b, Müll.; Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 46 Ritschl, N. cr.; id. ap. Non. 205, 4; Caecil. ap. Gell. 15, 9, 3; Vitr. 10, 17) [cf. Sanscr. brhū; Gr. ophrus; Germ. Braue; Engl. brow; v. Curt. Gr. Etym. p. 296], the forehead, brow, front (syn.: vultus, os, facies).
    I.
    Lit.:

    frons et aliis (animalibus), sed homini tantum tristitiae, hilaritatis, clementiae, severitatis index: in adsensu ejus supercilia homini et pariter et alterna mobilia,

    Plin. 11, 37, 51, § 138:

    tanta erat gravitas in oculo, tanta contractio frontis, ut illo supercilio res publica, tamquam Atlante caelum, niti videretur,

    Cic. Sest. 8, 19: frontem contrahere, to contract or knit the brows, id. Clu. 26, 72; Hor. S. 2, 2, 125;

    for which, adducere,

    Sen. Ben. 1, 1:

    attrahere,

    id. ib. 6, 7: remittere frontem, to smooth the brow, i. e. to cheer up, Plin. Ep. 2, 5, 5;

    for which: exporge frontem,

    Ter. Ad. 5, 3, 53; cf.:

    primum ego te porrectiore fronte volo mecum loqui,

    Plaut. Cas. 2, 4, 3:

    explicare,

    Hor. C. 3, 29, 16;

    solvere,

    Mart. 14, 183: ut frontem ferias, smitest thy forehead (as a sign of vexation), Cic. Att. 1, 1, 1; cf.:

    nulla perturbatio animi, nulla corporis, frons non percussa, non femur,

    id. Brut. 80, 278:

    femur, pectus, frontem caedere,

    Quint. 2, 12, 10:

    frontem sudario tergere,

    id. 6, 3, 60;

    for which: siccare frontem sudario,

    id. 11, 3, 148:

    capillos a fronte retroagere,

    id. ib. 160:

    mediam ferro gemina inter tempora frontem Dividit,

    Verg. A. 9, 750:

    quorundam capita per medium frontis et verticis mucrone distincta, in utrumque humerum pendebant,

    Amm. 31, 7, 14:

    insignem tenui fronte Lycorida (a small forehead was regarded as a beauty by the ancients),

    Hor. C. 1, 33, 5; cf. id. Ep. 1, 7, 26; Petr. 126; Mart. 4, 42, 9; Arn. 2, 72.—Of the forehead of animals:

    est bos cervi figura: cujus a media fronte, etc.,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 26, 1:

    tauri torva fronte,

    Plin. 8, 45, 70, § 181:

    equi,

    Ov. Tr. 5, 9, 30:

    ovis,

    id. F. 4, 102:

    cui (haedo) frons turgida cornibus Primis,

    Hor. C. 3, 13, 4:

    (vitulus) Fronte curvatos imitatus ignes lunae,

    id. ib. 4, 2, 57.—In plur., Lucr. 5, 1034. —
    2.
    The brow as a mirror of the feelings:

    non solum ex oratione, sed etiam ex vultu et oculis et fronte, ut aiunt, meum erga te amorem perspicere potuisses,

    Cic. Att. 14, 13, B, 1; cf. Q. Cic. Petit. Cons. 11, 44; and:

    homines fronte et oratione magis, quam ipso beneficio reque capiuntur,

    expression of countenance, id. ib. 12, 46:

    si verum tum, cum verissima fronte, dixerunt, nunc mentiuntur,

    Cic. Rab. Post. 12, 35:

    haec ipsa fero equidem fronte et vultu bellissime, sed angor intimis sensibus,

    id. Att. 5, 10, 3: frons, oculi, vultus persaepe mentiuntur;

    oratio vero saepissime,

    id. Q. F. 1, 1, 5, § 15; cf.:

    oculi, supercilia, frons, vultus denique totus, qui sermo quidam tacitus mentis est, hic in fraudem homines impulit,

    id. Pis. 1, 1; id. Fam. 1, 9, 17:

    fronte occultare sententiam,

    id. Lael. 18, 65:

    tranquilla et serena,

    id. Tusc. 3, 15, 31; cf.:

    reliquiae pristinae frontis,

    id. Fam. 9, 10, 2:

    laeta,

    Verg. A. 6, 862:

    sollicita,

    Hor. C. 3, 29, 16:

    tristis,

    Tib. 2, 3, 33:

    gravis,

    Plin. Pan. 41, 3:

    humana, lenis, placida,

    Sen. Ben. 2, 13:

    inverecunda,

    Quint. 2, 4, 16:

    proterva,

    Hor. C. 2, 5, 16:

    urbana (i. e. impudens),

    id. Ep. 1, 9, 11:

    impudens, proterva, Aug. Op. imperf. c. Jul. 6, 21: impudentissima,

    id. ib. 26; cf.:

    impudentia frontis,

    Hier. adv. Rufin. 1, 7:

    fronte inverecunda nummos captare,

    Val. Max. 8, 2, 2.—In plur.:

    si populo grata est tabella, quae frontes aperit hominum, mentes tegat,

    Cic. Planc. 6, 16.—
    3.
    Prov.:

    frons occipitio prior est,

    i. e. better work before the master's face than behind his back, Cato, R. R. 4; Plin. 18, 5, 6, § 31.—
    B.
    Transf
    1.
    The forepart of any thing, the front, façade, van (opp. tergum and latus):

    copias ante frontem castrorum struit,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 37, 1:

    aedium,

    Vitr. 3, 2:

    parietum,

    id. 2, 8:

    januae,

    Ov. F. 1, 135:

    scena,

    Verg. G. 3, 24:

    (navium),

    id. A. 5, 158:

    pontis,

    Hirt. B. G. 8, 9, 4:

    collis ex utraque parte lateris dejectus habebat, et in frontem leniter fastigatus, etc.,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 8; 7, 23: intervallum justum arborum quadrageni pedes in terga frontemque, in latera viceni, Plin. 17, 23, 35, § 202; cf. Quint. 1, 10, 43:

    octo cohortes in fronte constituit,

    Sall. C. 59, 2:

    quatuor legionum aquilae per frontem,

    Tac. H. 2, 89:

    una fronte contra hostem castra muniunt,

    only in front, Caes. B. C. 1, 80, 2 Herz.:

    aequa fronte ad pugnam procedebat,

    Liv. 36, 44, 1:

    nec tamen aequari frontes poterant, cum extenuando infirmam mediam aciem haberent,

    id. 5, 38, 2:

    recta fronte concurrere hosti (opp. in dextrum cornu),

    Curt. 4, 13 med.; cf.:

    directa fronte pugnandum est,

    Quint. 5, 13, 11:

    veritus ne simul in frontem simul et latera suorum pugnaretur,

    Tac. Agr. 35:

    transisse aestuaria pulchrum ac decorum in frontem (i. e. fronti),

    for the front, the van, id. ib. 33: dextra fronte prima legio incessit, on the right front, i. e. on the right wing, id. H. 2, 24 fin.:

    laeva,

    Claud. in Ruf. 2, 174; cf.:

    frons laevi cornu haec erat,

    Curt. 4, 13 fin. — Poet. transf., of clouds:

    ut non tam concurrere nubes Frontibus adversis possint quam de latere ire,

    Lucr. 6, 117;

    of a precipice: Fronte sub adversa scopulis pendentibus antrum,

    Verg. A. 1, 166.—Esp. freq.: a fronte, in front, before (opp. a tergo and a latere):

    a tergo, a fronte, a lateribus tenebitur, si in Galliam venerit,

    Cic. Phil. 3, 13, 32:

    a fronte atque ab utroque latere cratibus ac pluteis protegebat,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 25 fin.:

    totis fere a fronte et ab sinistra parte nudatis castris,

    id. B. G. 2, 23, 4. —
    2.
    The outer end of a book-roll or volume, Tib. 3, 1, 13; Ov. Tr. 1, 1, 11.—
    3. 4.
    In measuring land = latitudo, the breadth:

    mille pedes in fronte, trecentos cippus in agrum Hic dabat,

    Hor. S. 1, 8, 12; Inscr. Orell. 4558; 4560.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    The outside, exterior, external quality, appearance (cf. species and facies;

    mostly post-Aug.): Pompeius Scauro studet: sed utrum fronte an mente, dubitatur,

    Cic. Att. 4, 15, 7:

    plus habet in recessu, quam fronte promittat,

    Quint. 1, 4, 2; 11, 1, 61; cf.:

    frons causae non satis honesta,

    id. 4, 1, 42 Spald.:

    decipit Frons prima multos,

    the first appearance, Phaedr. 4, 2, 6; cf.:

    dura primā fronte quaestio,

    Quint. 7, 1, 56:

    ex prima statim fronte dijudicare imprudentium est,

    id. 12, 7, 8.—
    B.
    The character or feelings expressed by the brow.
    1.
    Poet. in partic., shame:

    exclamet perisse Frontem de rebus,

    Pers. 5, 104 (for which:

    clament periisse pudorem,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 80).—
    2.
    Impudence, boldness (late Lat.; cf.

    os),

    Aug. Civ. D. 3, 30.

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  • 4 prior

    prĭor and prĭus (old form also in neutr. prior, Val. Antias and Quadrig. ap. Prisc. p. 767), ōris, adj. comp. [from obsol. prep. pri; v. primus init. ], former, previous, prior, freq. to be translated first; cf. superior; Cicero nearly always uses prior, opp. to posterior, in time; superior in sense of former, in gen. relation to the present, when no other time is expressed; v. Krebs, Antibarb. p. 921 sq.
    I.
    Lit.:

    ita priori posterius, posteriori superius non jungitur,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 14, 44:

    me quaestorem in primis, aedilem priorem, praetorem primum populus Romanus faciebat,

    id. Pis. 1, 2:

    qui prior has angustias occupaverit,

    first, Caes. B. C. 1, 66:

    prior proelio lacessere,

    id. ib. 1, 82:

    etsi utrique primas, priores tamen libenter deferunt Laelio,

    Cic. Brut. 21, 84:

    priore loco causam dicere,

    first, id. Quint. 9, 32:

    priore aestate,

    in the former summer, last summer, id. Fam. 1, 9, 24:

    priore nocte,

    id. Cat. 1, 4, 8:

    factum est enim meā culpā, ut priore anno non succederetur,

    id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 1, § 2:

    prioribus comitiis,

    id. Planc. 22, 54:

    priore anno,

    the year before, Liv. 3, 9, 7; 3, 10, 14; 4, 56, 5:

    prioris anni consules,

    id. 4, 13, 10; 4, 17, 9:

    Dionysius prior,

    the elder, Nep. Dion, 1, 3:

    vinum,

    of last year, Plin. 14, 19, 24, § 120:

    priore libro,

    in the previous book, Col. 4, 22, 9:

    pedes,

    the forefeet, Nep. Eum. 5, 5; Plin. 8, 45, 70, § 181:

    canities homini semper a priori parte capitis, tum deinde ab aversā,

    the forepart, Plin. 11, 37, 47, § 131.—Pleon.:

    cum prior Romanus exercitus praevenisset,

    Liv. 9, 23, 2:

    prius praecepta res erat,

    id. 21, 32, 7; cf. id. 9, 23, 2.— Old neutr. prior: hoc senatusconsultum prior factum est, Val. Antias ap. Prisc. p. 767 P.:

    prior bellum, Quadrig. ib.: foedus prior,

    id. ib. (cf.: bellum Punicum posterior, Cass. Hem. ib.).—
    2.
    Former, i. e. deceased (late Lat.):

    inter prieres fratres,

    Amm. 21, 6, 2.—
    B.
    Subst.: prĭōres, um, m., forefathers, ancestors, the ancients ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

    abiturus illuc, quo priores abierunt,

    Phaedr. 4, 18, 16:

    nomen dixere priores Ortygiam,

    Verg. A. 3, 693:

    nec ingeniis investigata priorum,

    Ov. M. 15, 146; 332:

    priores tradiderunt,

    Col. 1, 4, 3:

    nostri,

    Plin. Ep. 3, 4:

    more priorum,

    Ov. M. 10, 218; Sen. Ep. 52, 2.—
    II.
    Trop., better, superior, preferable, more excellent or important (not in Cic. and Cæs.):

    bellante prior,

    Hor. C. S. 51:

    color puniceae flore prior rosae,

    id. C. 4, 10, 4; Ov. H. 18, 69:

    ut nemo haberetur prior,

    Liv. 27, 8:

    aetate et sapientiā,

    Sall. J. 10, 7:

    consilio et manu,

    id. ib. 96, 3:

    neque prius, neque antiquius quidquam habuit, quam, etc.,

    Vell. 2, 52, 4.—Esp. with potior:

    potius quanto prius potiusque est Philippum nobis conjungere quam hos,

    Vell. 36, 7, 6:

    nulla (res) prior potiorque visa est,

    id. 8, 29, 2:

    nihil prius nec potius visum,

    id. 39, 47, 4: unus Plinius est mihi priores, i. e. worth more than they all, Sent. Augur. ap. Plin. Ep. 4, 27, 4:

    artium multitudine prior omnibus, eloquentiā nulli secundus,

    App. Flor. 2, p. 346.—Hence, adv. comp.: prĭus.
    A. 1.
    Alone:

    quem fuit aequius, ut prius introieram in vitam, sic prius exire de vitā,

    Cic. Lael. 4, 15:

    regem prius Europā, post et Asiā, expellere,

    Liv. 37, 52, 4:

    ut vos prius experti estis, nunc Antiochus experitur,

    id. 36, 17, 8; so,

    prius... nunc,

    Verg. G. 3, 362:

    prius... tum,

    Cato, R. R. 135; Liv. 34, 55, 5:

    prius.... postea,

    id. 29, 12, 11.—
    2.
    With quam, and often joined in one word, priusquam.
    (α).
    Before that, before:

    prius quam lucet, assunt,

    before dawn, Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 115:

    prius illi erimus quam tu,

    id. Ps. 2, 4, 68:

    prius quam plane aspexit ilico eum esse dixit,

    id. Rud. 4, 4, 87:

    nihil prius mihi faciendum putavi, quam ut, etc.,

    Cic. Att. 4, 1, 1:

    cui prius quam de ceteris rebus respondeo, de amicitiā pauca dicam,

    before, id. Phil. 2, 1, 3:

    quod ego, prius quam loqui coepisti, sensi,

    id. Vatin. 2, 4:

    neque prius fugere destiterunt, quam ad flumen Rhenum pervenerunt,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 53:

    quid potius faciam, prius quam me dormitum conferam, non reperio,

    Cic. Fam. 9, 26, 1:

    priusquam aggrediar, etc.,

    id. Balb. 7, 18:

    prius quam ad portam venias,

    Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 44.—
    (β).
    Sooner, rather:

    Aegyptii quamvis carnificinam prius subierint, quam ibin aut aspidem violent,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 27, 78; id. Lig. 12, 34; Caes. B. C. 3, 1.—Sometimes in an inverted order:

    ad hoc genus hominum duravi, quam prius me ad plures penetravi,

    Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 13; Prop. 2, 14, 11 (3, 10, 10); v. Zumpt, Gram. § 576.—
    B.
    In gen., formerly, in former times ( poet.), Cat. 51, 13:

    sed haec prius fuere: nunc, etc.,

    id. 4, 25; Prop. 1, 1, 18.

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  • 5 priores

    prĭor and prĭus (old form also in neutr. prior, Val. Antias and Quadrig. ap. Prisc. p. 767), ōris, adj. comp. [from obsol. prep. pri; v. primus init. ], former, previous, prior, freq. to be translated first; cf. superior; Cicero nearly always uses prior, opp. to posterior, in time; superior in sense of former, in gen. relation to the present, when no other time is expressed; v. Krebs, Antibarb. p. 921 sq.
    I.
    Lit.:

    ita priori posterius, posteriori superius non jungitur,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 14, 44:

    me quaestorem in primis, aedilem priorem, praetorem primum populus Romanus faciebat,

    id. Pis. 1, 2:

    qui prior has angustias occupaverit,

    first, Caes. B. C. 1, 66:

    prior proelio lacessere,

    id. ib. 1, 82:

    etsi utrique primas, priores tamen libenter deferunt Laelio,

    Cic. Brut. 21, 84:

    priore loco causam dicere,

    first, id. Quint. 9, 32:

    priore aestate,

    in the former summer, last summer, id. Fam. 1, 9, 24:

    priore nocte,

    id. Cat. 1, 4, 8:

    factum est enim meā culpā, ut priore anno non succederetur,

    id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 1, § 2:

    prioribus comitiis,

    id. Planc. 22, 54:

    priore anno,

    the year before, Liv. 3, 9, 7; 3, 10, 14; 4, 56, 5:

    prioris anni consules,

    id. 4, 13, 10; 4, 17, 9:

    Dionysius prior,

    the elder, Nep. Dion, 1, 3:

    vinum,

    of last year, Plin. 14, 19, 24, § 120:

    priore libro,

    in the previous book, Col. 4, 22, 9:

    pedes,

    the forefeet, Nep. Eum. 5, 5; Plin. 8, 45, 70, § 181:

    canities homini semper a priori parte capitis, tum deinde ab aversā,

    the forepart, Plin. 11, 37, 47, § 131.—Pleon.:

    cum prior Romanus exercitus praevenisset,

    Liv. 9, 23, 2:

    prius praecepta res erat,

    id. 21, 32, 7; cf. id. 9, 23, 2.— Old neutr. prior: hoc senatusconsultum prior factum est, Val. Antias ap. Prisc. p. 767 P.:

    prior bellum, Quadrig. ib.: foedus prior,

    id. ib. (cf.: bellum Punicum posterior, Cass. Hem. ib.).—
    2.
    Former, i. e. deceased (late Lat.):

    inter prieres fratres,

    Amm. 21, 6, 2.—
    B.
    Subst.: prĭōres, um, m., forefathers, ancestors, the ancients ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

    abiturus illuc, quo priores abierunt,

    Phaedr. 4, 18, 16:

    nomen dixere priores Ortygiam,

    Verg. A. 3, 693:

    nec ingeniis investigata priorum,

    Ov. M. 15, 146; 332:

    priores tradiderunt,

    Col. 1, 4, 3:

    nostri,

    Plin. Ep. 3, 4:

    more priorum,

    Ov. M. 10, 218; Sen. Ep. 52, 2.—
    II.
    Trop., better, superior, preferable, more excellent or important (not in Cic. and Cæs.):

    bellante prior,

    Hor. C. S. 51:

    color puniceae flore prior rosae,

    id. C. 4, 10, 4; Ov. H. 18, 69:

    ut nemo haberetur prior,

    Liv. 27, 8:

    aetate et sapientiā,

    Sall. J. 10, 7:

    consilio et manu,

    id. ib. 96, 3:

    neque prius, neque antiquius quidquam habuit, quam, etc.,

    Vell. 2, 52, 4.—Esp. with potior:

    potius quanto prius potiusque est Philippum nobis conjungere quam hos,

    Vell. 36, 7, 6:

    nulla (res) prior potiorque visa est,

    id. 8, 29, 2:

    nihil prius nec potius visum,

    id. 39, 47, 4: unus Plinius est mihi priores, i. e. worth more than they all, Sent. Augur. ap. Plin. Ep. 4, 27, 4:

    artium multitudine prior omnibus, eloquentiā nulli secundus,

    App. Flor. 2, p. 346.—Hence, adv. comp.: prĭus.
    A. 1.
    Alone:

    quem fuit aequius, ut prius introieram in vitam, sic prius exire de vitā,

    Cic. Lael. 4, 15:

    regem prius Europā, post et Asiā, expellere,

    Liv. 37, 52, 4:

    ut vos prius experti estis, nunc Antiochus experitur,

    id. 36, 17, 8; so,

    prius... nunc,

    Verg. G. 3, 362:

    prius... tum,

    Cato, R. R. 135; Liv. 34, 55, 5:

    prius.... postea,

    id. 29, 12, 11.—
    2.
    With quam, and often joined in one word, priusquam.
    (α).
    Before that, before:

    prius quam lucet, assunt,

    before dawn, Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 115:

    prius illi erimus quam tu,

    id. Ps. 2, 4, 68:

    prius quam plane aspexit ilico eum esse dixit,

    id. Rud. 4, 4, 87:

    nihil prius mihi faciendum putavi, quam ut, etc.,

    Cic. Att. 4, 1, 1:

    cui prius quam de ceteris rebus respondeo, de amicitiā pauca dicam,

    before, id. Phil. 2, 1, 3:

    quod ego, prius quam loqui coepisti, sensi,

    id. Vatin. 2, 4:

    neque prius fugere destiterunt, quam ad flumen Rhenum pervenerunt,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 53:

    quid potius faciam, prius quam me dormitum conferam, non reperio,

    Cic. Fam. 9, 26, 1:

    priusquam aggrediar, etc.,

    id. Balb. 7, 18:

    prius quam ad portam venias,

    Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 44.—
    (β).
    Sooner, rather:

    Aegyptii quamvis carnificinam prius subierint, quam ibin aut aspidem violent,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 27, 78; id. Lig. 12, 34; Caes. B. C. 3, 1.—Sometimes in an inverted order:

    ad hoc genus hominum duravi, quam prius me ad plures penetravi,

    Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 13; Prop. 2, 14, 11 (3, 10, 10); v. Zumpt, Gram. § 576.—
    B.
    In gen., formerly, in former times ( poet.), Cat. 51, 13:

    sed haec prius fuere: nunc, etc.,

    id. 4, 25; Prop. 1, 1, 18.

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  • 6 frōns

        frōns frontis, f    the forehead, brow, front: frontem contrahere, to knit: Exporge frontem, T.: explicare, H.: ut frontem ferias, smile: ferro inter tempora frontem Dividit, V.: tenuis, a low forehead, H.: (bovis) a mediā fronte, etc., Cs.: ovis, O.: frons turgida cornibus, H.—The brow, front, countenance, expression, face, look: ex voltu et fronte amorem perspicere: verissimā fronte dicere, truthful: reliquiae pristinae frontis: laeta, V.: urbana, H.: durior, shameless, Iu.: salvā fronte, without shame, Iu.: tabella quae frontīs aperit hominum, mentīs tegit.—The forepart, front, façade, van, face: castrorum, Cs.: ianuae, O.: tabernae, Ct.: scaena ut versis discedat frontibus, V.: cohortīs, S.: unā fronte castra muniunt, only in front, Cs.: recta, the centre (of an army), L.: prima, L.: dextra, Ta.: aequā fronte ad pugnam procedebat, L.: Mille pedes in fronte, breadth, H.: inpulsa frons prima, vanguard, L.: superasse tantum itineris pulchrum ac decorum in frontem, i. e. favorable for an advance, Ta.: Fronte sub adversā scopulis pendentibus antrum, V.: a tergo, fronte, lateribus tenebitur, in front: a fronte atque ab utroque latere, Cs.: frontes geminae, i. e. the ends (of a rolled manuscript), Tb., O.: nigra, O.—Fig., the outside, exterior, external quality, appearance: Scauro studet, sed utrum fronte an mente, dubitatur: decipit Frons prima multos, Ph.
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    I
    foliage, leaves, leafy branch, green bough, frond
    II
    forehead, brow; face; look; front; fore part of anything

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  • 7 prora

    prōra, ae (collat. form prōris; acc. prorim, Att. ap. Non. 200, 33, or Trag. 575), f., = prôra.
    I.
    The forepart of a ship, the prow (opp. puppis, the stern;

    class.): astitit prorae,

    Plaut. Merc. 1, 2, 65; Lucr. 2, 554:

    prorae admodum erectae,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 13:

    rostrata,

    Plin. 9, 30, 49, § 94:

    terris advertere proram,

    Verg. G. 4, 117; id. A. 6, 3; 7, 35: prorae tutela Melanthus, i. e. the lookout stationed at the prow, = proreta, Ov. M. 3, 617:

    suspensa prora navim in puppim statuebat,

    Liv. 24, 34:

    prorae litore illisae,

    id. 22, 20; Luc. 9, 1082; Stat. Th. 5, 335.—Prov.: mihi prora et puppis, ut Graecorum proverbium est, fuit a me tui dimittendi, ut rationes nostras explicares, i. e. my intention from beginning to end, my whole design, Gr. prôra kai prumnê, Cic. Fam. 16, 24, 1.—
    II.
    Poet., transf., a ship:

    quot prius aeratae steterant ad litora prorae,

    Verg. A. 10, 223; Ov. M. 14, 164.

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  • 8 prōra

        prōra ae, f, πρῷρα, the forepart of a ship, bow, prow: prorae admodum erectae, Cs.: terris advertere proram, V.: prorae tutela Melanthus, i. e. the lookout, O.: prorae litore inlisae, L.— Prov.: mihi prora et puppis, ut Graecorum proverbium est, fuit, etc., i. e. my intention from first to last.—A ship: aeratae steterant ad litora prorae, V., O.
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