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praetĕr-ĕā , adv. is.
I. Beyond this or that, besides: “si eum reddis mihi, praeterea unum nummum ne duis,” Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 81: “nihilne vobis in mentem venit, quod praeterea Crasso requiratis?” Cic. de Or. 1, 35, 60: “haec duo praeterea oppida,” Verg. A. 8, 355: “auxiliis, equitatuque comparato, multisque praeterea viris fortibus Tolosā et Narbone evocatis,” Caes. B. G. 3, 20: “quicquid praeterea navium habebat,” id. ib. 4, 22; Cic. Balb. 12, 29: “si duo praeterea talis Idaea tulisset Terra viros,” two more, Verg. A. 11, 285: “praeterea quam (rare for praeterquam): nihil praeterea cum consule pacti, quam quod, etc.,” Liv. 24, 47, 8.—
II. Distributively in succession, besides, moreover: “multae sunt causae ... primum ... praeterea,” Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 65: “primum ... tum praeterea ...,” id. Ad. 3, 2, 47: quicumque bona patria laceraverat; quique alienum aes grande conflaverat; praeterea omnes undique parricidae; ad hoc quos, etc.; “postremo omnes, quos, etc.,” Sall. C. 14, 2 sq.: “nam et ... prudentiam mihi tuam exposuit: et praeterea suavitatem tuam adjunxit: praeterea summam erga se liberalitatem,” Cic. Fam. 10, 3, 1: “nunc ... praeterea ... tum porro,” Lucr. 6, 617.—
III. In continuation, henceforth, hereafter; thenceforth, thereafter: “et quisquam numen Junonis adorat Praeterea?” Verg. A. 1, 49: “neque illum ... praeterea vidit,” id. G. 4, 502.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (12):
    • Cicero, Letters to his Friends, 10.3.1
    • Caesar, Gallic War, 3.20
    • Cicero, For Cornelius Balbus, 12.29
    • Plautus, Captivi, 2.2
    • Vergil, Aeneid, 1.49
    • Vergil, Aeneid, 11.285
    • Vergil, Aeneid, 8.355
    • Vergil, Georgics, 4.502
    • Cicero, On Oratory, 1.35
    • Lucretius, De Rerum Natura, 6.617
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 24, 47
    • Sallust, Catilinae Coniuratio, 14
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