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prius adv. comp.

sing n. of prior, before, sooner, first, previously : ut prius introieram, sic prius exire de vitā: ut vos prius experti estis, L.: prius . . . nunc, V.: prius . . . tum, L.—With quam (often written priusquam), earlier than, sooner than, before that, before : prius quam dicere incipio, querar, etc.: neque prius fugere destiterunt, quam ad flumen pervenerunt, Cs.: prius quam aggrediar, etc.: cum prius gladios videret, quam quae res esset vidisset.— Sooner, rather : quamvis carnificinam prius subierint, quam ibim violent.

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