praetereo Latin · revision 18075

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus|origins=ine-pro *h₁ey-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [prae̯ˈtɛ.re.oː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [preˈtɛː.re.o]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''praetereō''' (present infinitive praeterīre, perfect active praeteriī or praeterīvī, supine praeteritum); irregular conjugation^(Wiktionary)

+ The perfect is ''praeteriī'', less often ''praeterīvī'', with contracted ''praeterit'', ''praeterisse''.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is formed [[af|la|praeter|eō|t1=past, beyond|t2=to go]].^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan lists it among the compounds of [[m|la|eō]], which goes back to [[itc-pro|*ei-]] and [[ine-pro|*h₁ey-|t=to go]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan dates it from Plautus,^(de Vaan 2008) who has ''quisquis praetereat, cōmissātum volō vocārī'', “I want whoever passes to be invited to the party”.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ ''Praeterīre'' is “to go past, pass by”, also figuratively of an opportunity, and with an object “to pass” a place, to overtake (Virgil: Ascanius passes now these, now those), to miss or leave unvisited, and to escape something (Terence: “you don't know what trouble you've escaped”).^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary) It also means “to surpass, excel”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) Of time it is “to go by” (Plautus: ''nocte hāc quae praeteriit proxuma'', “last night”), and so its participle gave the grammarians' ''tempus praeteritum'', “past time”.^(OLD 2012)^(Etymonline) Another main use is “to leave unmentioned, pass over, omit” (Ennius: ''quid scarum praeteriī?'', “why did I leave out the parrot-wrasse?”), and “to pass over” a candidate or an heir.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ Church Latin glosses it “to pass by or away, come to an end, omit, neglect, surpass”.^(Stelten 1995) English [[m|en|preterite]] comes from its past participle in the mid-14th century.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus: ''quisquis praetereat''.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 204–169 BC – Ennius: ''quid scarum praeteriī?''.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 70–19 BC – Virgil of Ascanius overtaking riders.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * mid-14th century – English [[m|en|preterite]].^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To go past, [[m|en|pass]] by.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # To overtake; to miss; to escape.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To surpass, [[m|en|excel]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # ''(of time)'' To go by, pass.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To pass over, [[m|en|omit]], leave unmentioned.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # To pass over (a candidate or an heir).^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[praeteritio]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[eō]]

+ * [[praeter]]

+ * [[praeteritus]]

+ * [[en|preterite]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}