praetergredior

Latin

Etymology

From praeter- +‎ gradior.

Pronunciation

Verb

praetergredior (present infinitive praetergredī, perfect active praetergressus sum); third (-iō variant) conjugation, deponent

  1. to walk, march, go or pass by
  2. 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

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