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(v. n.adv.P. a.) : praetĕr-ĕo, īvi, and more freq. ĭi, ĭtum, īre (
* Fut. praeteriet, Vulg. Sap. 1, 8; id. Ecclus. 39, 37; Juvenc. 4, 159), v. n. and a.
* Neutr.
* To go by or past, to pass by: si nemo hac praeteriit,Plaut. Cist. 4, 2, 15: ut arbitri sint, qui praetereant per vias,id. Merc. 5, 4, 46: praeteriens modo,in passing by,Ter. And. 1, 5, 18: quasi praeteriens satisfaciam universis,Cic. Div. in Caecil. 15, 50; cf. id. Brut. 54, 200: te praetereunte,Juv. 3, 275.—Of impers. and abstract subjects: nec, quae praeteriit, iterum revocabitur unda nec quae praeteriit hora; redire potest,Ov. A. A. 3, 63: nocte hac, quae praeteriit, proxima,Plaut. Merc. 2, 1, 3.—So of time: biennium praeteriit cum ille cubitum nullum processerit,Cic. Att. 13, 12, 3: tertius jam praeteriit annus, cum interim, etc.,Sen. Cons. ad Marc. 1, 7.
* Act., to go by or past, to pass by, overtake, pass a person or thing.
* Lit.: praeterire pistrinum,Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 27: jam hunc non ausim praeterire,id. As. 3, 4, 15: hortos,Cic. Fin. 5, 1, 3: jam hos cursu, jam praeterit illos,Verg. A. 4, 157: Maura Pudicitiae cum praeterit aram,Juv. 6, 308.—Pass.: praeterita est virgo,Ov. M. 10, 680.—Of inanim. subjects: ripas Flumina praetereunt,flow past their banks,Hor. C. 4, 7, 3.
* Trop.
* To pass by an evil, to escape a danger: nescis, quid mali Praeterieris,Ter. Hec. 3, 4, 4.
* Praetĕrĕunter, adv., in passing, cursorily (eccl. Lat.): loqui,Aug. Tractat. 118, in Joann.
* Praetĕrĭ-tus, a, um, P. a., gone by, past, past and gone, departed: nec praeteritum tempus unquam revertitur,Cic. Sen. 19, 69: aetas,id. ib. 2, 4: anni,Verg. A. 8, 560: nox, Prop 2, 11 (3, 6), 9: culpa,Ov. H. 20, 187: labor,Quint. 10, 7, 4: secula,id. 12, 4, 2: vita,Just. 42, 1: viri,dead and gone, departed,Prop. 2, 10, 52 (3, 5, 36): negotiantes veniā in praeteritum donavit,for the past, for their past conduct,Suet. Dom. 9: praeteritā noc. te,last night,Juv. 10, 235.—In gram.: tempus praeteritum, the past or preterit tense: quaedam verba etiam mutantur, ut fero in praeterito,Quint. 1, 4, 29.—Subst.: prae-tĕrĭta, ōrum, n., things gone by, the past: sevocatus animus a contagione corporis meminit praeteritorum, praesentia cernit, futura praevidet,Cic. Div. 1, 30, 63; id. Fat. 7, 14: monet ut in reliquum tempus omnes suspiciones vitet: praeterita se fratri condonare dicit,Caes. B. G. 1, 20: invidiam praeteritorum contemptu praesentium demere,Just. 21, 5, 10.—Prov.: praeterita mutare non possumus,Cic. Pis. 25, 59 init. —In partic., Praetĕrĭta, ōrum, n., things passed over (Gr. παραλειπόμενα), a name of the books of Chronicles, because they contain what had been omitted in the books of Kings, Hier. Ep. 18, n. 1.
* To pass over, leave out, omit, not mention: quae nunc ego omnia praetereo ac relinquo,Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 44, § 106: ut hoc praeteream, quod, etc.,id. ib. 2, 3, 77, § 178: omitto jurisdictionem contra leges, caedes relinquo, libidines praetereo,id. Prov. Cons. 3, 6: et quod paene praeterii, Bruti tui causā feci omnia,what I had nearly failed to mention,id. Att. 6, 3, 5: aliquid silentio,id. Brut. 22, 88: praeteream, referamne tuum ... Dedecus?Ov. F. 6, 319: ut nihil praeteream,Plin. 2, 98, 101, § 220: ne quid praetereatur,id. 16, 10, 20, § 50.
* To pass over, omit, make no use of: locus, qui praeteritus neglegentiā est,Ter. Ad. prol. 14.
* To pass over, to omit, leave out, in reading or writing, Mart. 13, 3, 8: litteras non modo, sed syllabas praeterit,Suet. Aug. 88.
* To neglect or forget to do a thing, to omit, leave out, in action; with inf.: verum, quod praeterii dicere, neque illa matrem, etc.,Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 68: quod sciscitari paene praeterivi,App. M. 3, p. 139, 22.—With acc.: nullum genus crudelitatis praeterire,to leave unpractised,Cic. Phil. 3, 2, 4.—Pass.: tantā vi dixisse ut nulla pars orationis silentio praeteriretur,left without applause,Cic. Brut. 22, 88.
* In elections. legacies, invitations, donations, etc., to pass over, take no notice of, to neglect, reject, exclude any one: populus solet nonnumquam dignos praeterire: nec, si a populo praeteritus est, etc.,Cic. Planc. 3, 8: cum sapiens et bonus vir suffragiis praeteritur,id. Tusc. 5, 19, 54: Philippus et Marcellus praetereuntur,were passed by, received no appointment,Caes. B. C. 1, 6: fratris filium praeteriit,has passed by, bequeathed nothing to,Cic. Phil. 2, 16, 41: me quoque Romani praeteriere patres,neglected me, forgot me,Ov. F. 5, 312: quid repente factum, Quod sum praeteritus vetus sodalis?Mart. 7, 86, 5: si eum (filium) silentio praeterierit, inutiliter testabitur,Gai. Inst. 2, 123.
* To go beyond, to surpass, excel: hos nobilitate Mago Carthaginiensis praeteriit,Varr. R. R. 1, 1: virtus alios tua praeterit omnes,Ov. P. 4, 7, 51: ut Ajax praeteriit Telamonem,Juv. 14, 214.
* To transgress: justum praeterit ira modum,due limits,Ov. F. 5, 304. —Hence
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary

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