praetergredior
Latin
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [prae̯.tɛrˈɡrɛ.di.ɔr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [pre.terˈɡrɛː.di.or]
Verb
praetergredior (present infinitive praetergredī, perfect active praetergressus sum); third (-iō variant) conjugation, deponent
- to walk, march, go or pass by
- to surpass or excel
- 1904, Saint Pius X, Ad Diem Illum Laetissimum:
- His autem positis, pronum est intelligere nullum amplius Christo esse locum, […] neque ordini cuipiam qui naturam praetergrediatur;
- All this rejected it is easy to understand that no place is left for Christ, […] or for anything that is above and beyond nature.
Conjugation
Conjugation of praetergredior (third (-iō variant) conjugation, deponent)
References
- “praetergredior”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “praetergredior”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “praetergredior”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- praetergredior in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016