pridie

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

A contracted form of Old Latin *pri + diē (“before the day”). Related to postridie.

Pronunciation

Adverb

prīdiē (not comparable)

  1. On the day before
    • Cicero, Att., 5.11.6:
      ...pridie quam ego Athenas veni...
      ...on the day before I came to Athens...
    ...pridie Kalendas Februarias...
    ...on the day before the February calends...

Usage notes

Used particularly in Roman dating for the day before the calends (kalendae), nones (nonae), or ides (īdūs) of each month.

Treated as an absolute followed by a noun in the accusative case or quam and its clause. In classical Latin, followed by a genitive only in the fixed expression pridie eius diei.

Dates relative to today in Latin (layout · text)
–3 –2 –1 0 +1 +2 +3
direct speech three days ago two days ago yesterday today tomorrow in two days in three days
nū̆dius quārtus nū̆dius tertius herī̆ hodiē crās perendiē post trīduum, diē quārtō
reported speech three days before, three days earlier two days before, two days earlier the day before on that day the next day two days later three days later
ante diem quārtum ante diem tertium prīdiē eō/eā diē postrīdiē tertiō/tertiā diē quārtō/quartā diē
adjectival formations of three days ago of two days ago yesterday's today's tomorrow's of two days from now of three days from now
nū̆diusquārtānus nū̆diustertiānus hesternus hodiernus crāstinus perendinus comperendinus

References

  • “pridie”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “pridie”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “pridie”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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