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praeter , adv. and prep. prae, with the demonstrative suffix ter, as in inter, subter, propter, signifies motion
I.by or past, and hence, also, beyond, or rest outside a thing.
I. Adv., past, by, beyond (cf. praeterquam), in the trop. sense; i. e.
A. Comparatively, before, beyond, above, more than (only ante-class.): “quae praeter sapiet quam placet parentibus,Plaut. Pers. 3, 1, 38: “quod mihi videre Facere, et praeter quam res te adhortatur tua,Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 8.—
B. Exceptionally, except, excepting, unless, save (class. but rare): “etiam e Graecis ipsis diligenter cavendae sunt quaedam familiaritates, praeter hominum perpaucorum,Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 5, § 16: “ne quis praeter armatus violaretur,Liv. 4, 59, 7 Weissenb. ad loc.: “diem statuit, ante quam liceret sine fraude ab armis discedere, praeter rerum capitalium damnatis,Sall. C. 36, 2: “religionum usquequaque contemptor, praeter unius deae Syriae,Suet. Ner. 56; id. Claud. 4 fin.: exsules, praeter caedis damnati, restituebantur, Just. 13, 5, 2: “praeter hodie,Vulg. Gen. 21, 26: “nil praeter salices cassaque canna fuit,Ov. F. 6, 406: “uti pueri in curiam ne introeant, praeter ille unus Papirius,Gell. 1, 23, 13.—In connection with the particles si, quod, que: “praeter si aliter nequeas,unless, Varr. R. R. 1, 41 fin.: “praeter quod epulis alienis voluptates meas anteferrem, etc.,besides that, App. M. 2, p. 122: “montes in Arcadiā Cyllene, Lycaeus ... praeterque ignobiles octo,and besides, and also, Plin. 4, 6, 10, § 21: “praeterque,id. 5, 1, 1, § 16; 8, 42, 67, § 166; 9, 39, 64, § 138; 11, 4, 3, § 10. —For praeter quam and praeter propter, v. praeterquam and praeterpropter.—
II. Prep. with acc., past, by, before, in front of, along.
B. Trop.
1. In gen., over, beyond; against, contrary to, aside from: “nihil praeter rem locuti sumus,beside the matter, irrelevant, Auct. Her. 4, 1, 1: “praeter aetatem stultus,Plaut. Ep. 1, 2, 3: “praeter aequom delinquere,id. Bacch. 3, 3, 14: “multa praeter spem evenisse,id. Rud. 2, 3, 69; cf.: “quor sedebas in foro Tu solus praeter alios,apart from, id. Ps. 3, 2, 13: “praeter naturam praeterque fatum,Cic. Phil. 1, 4, 10: “praeter consuetudinem,id. Div. 2, 28, 60: “cum lacus Albanus praeter modum crevisset,id. ib. 1, 44, 100: “quod mihi videre praeter aetatem tuam Facere,Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 7.—
2. In partic.
b. Of that besides which there is something else in addition, besides, together with, in addition to: “ut praeter se denos ad colloquium adducerent,Caes. B. G. 1, 43: “praeter imperatas pecunias,id. B. C. 3, 32: “ut praeter auctoritatem vires quoque haberet,id. ib. 3, 57: “praeter illud commodum, quod, etc., tum etiam, etc.,Col. 4, 18.—
d. Praeter haec, for praeterea, besides that, besides, moreover (ante- and postclass.), Ter. Ad. 5, 3, 61; Cels. 2, 4.!*? In composition, praeter has the signification of past, by, and beyond, or besides; e. g. praeterducere, praetermittere, praeterea.
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