praetereo

• prētereō (Medieval Latin)

From praeter +‎ eō.

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [prae̯ˈtɛ.re.oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [preˈtɛː.re.o]

praetereō (present infinitive praeterīre, perfect active praeteriī or praeterīvī, supine praeteritum); irregular conjugation

1. to pass by or go by
   • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.156–157:

     At puer Ascanius mediīs in vallibus ācrī
     gaudet equō, iamque hōs cursū, iam praeterit illōs, [...].

     But within the valleys, young Ascanius delights in [riding] his keen-spirited horse, and now in his galloping he passes by these [ones], now those, [...].

2. to surpass or excel

   Synonyms: trānseō, trānsgredior, superō, praeferō, trānsmittō, peragō, intrō

3. to disregard, neglect, omit or miss

   Synonyms: dēserō, relinquō, omittō, dēdō, concēdō, dēcēdō, dēstituō, dēficiō, oblīvīscor, cēdō, dissimulō, trādō, trānsmittō, addīcō, neglegō, pōnō, reddō, remittō, permittō, tribuō

   • c. 125 CE – 180 CE, Apuleius, Metamorphoses 3.23:

     Sed, quod scīscitārī paene praeterīvī, quō dictō factōve rūrsum exūtīs pinnulīs illīs ad meum redībō Lūcium?

     But, as I almost neglected (or forgot) asking you, with what incantation or action will I cast off those little feathers and return to my old self again?

   • 1435, Leon Battista Alberti, De pictura 1.5:

     Verum non minima fuit apud priscos disceptatio a superficie an ab oculo ipsi radii erumpant. Quae disceptatio sane difficilis atque apud nos admodum inutilis pretereatur.

     It is true there was a significant dispute among the ancients on whether these rays [of light] came out of the surface or from the eye. This really difficult question, which is quite irrelevant for us, may be disregarded.

4. (time) to spend, pass

   Synonyms: abeō, cēdō, intercēdō, lābor

• “praetereo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “praetereo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “praetereo”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • time passes: tempus praeterit, transit
    
  • in the past year: praeterito anno (not praeterlapso)
    
  • I am not unaware: me non fugit, praeterit
    
  • to pass over in silence: silentio praeterire (not praetermittere) aliquid
    
• praetereo in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016