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citrā adv. and praep.

I.I. Adv, on this side, on the hither side: (dextera) nec citra mota nec ultra, neither this way nor that, O.On this side, nearer: id a capite arcessere: saepe etiam citra licet, not so far: paucis citra milibus, L.— Fig.: citra quam debuit, less than, O.
II.II. Praep. with acc, on this side of: esse citra Rhenum, Cs.: citra Leucadem stadia CXX: citra flumen intercepti, L.: natus mare citra, H.: exercitum citra <*>umen educere.—Before, short of: nec a postremā syllabā citra tertiam, before the third syllable.— Fig., of time, before, within: citra Troiana tempora, O.Short of, inferior to, within, less than: Nec virtus citra genus est, unworthy of the family, O.: citra necem constitit ira, O.: citra fidem, i. e. reason for distrust, Ta.: fines, Quos ultra citraque, etc., H.Without, aside, from, except: citra speciem, not ornamental, Ta.: citra Caledoniam (Britannia), Ta.

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