prisce

Latin

Etymology

From prīscus (“ancient, former, old-fashioned”).

Adverb

prīscē (comparative prīscius, superlative prīscissimē)

  1. in an old-fashioned manner, in the style of the ancients
    • 56 BCE, Cicero, Pro Caelio 33:
      Sed tamen ex ipsa quaeram prius utrum me secum severe et graviter et prisce agere malit an remisse et leniter et urbane.
      But still, first I'll ask from her whether she'd prefer me to act sternly and harshly and in an old-fashioned way towards her, or [to act] calmly and gently and urbanely.

Adjective

prīsce

  1. vocative masculine singular of prīscus

References

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