adjectivethird declension
anterior
anterior (comparative, neuter anterius, no positive form)
Classical[anˈtɛ.ri.ɔr]Ecclesiastical[anˈtɛː.ri.or]
Meaning
- comparativethat (which is) is before one (in time), more forward, in the future; anterior (as opposed to posterior or backward in time); in front (of)
- comparativeforemost
- comparativeformerly (of time), previously
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | anterior | anterior | anterius |
| genitive | anteriōris | anteriōris | anteriōris |
| dative | anteriōrī | anteriōrī | anteriōrī |
| accusative | anteriōrem | anteriōrem | anterius |
| ablative | anteriōre anteriōrī | anteriōre anteriōrī | anteriōre anteriōrī |
| vocative | anterior | anterior | anterius |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | anteriōrēs | anteriōrēs | anteriōra |
| genitive | anteriōrum | anteriōrum | anteriōrum |
| dative | anteriōribus | anteriōribus | anteriōribus |
| accusative | anteriōrēs anteriōrīs | anteriōrēs anteriōrīs | anteriōra |
| ablative | anteriōribus | anteriōribus | anteriōribus |
| vocative | anteriōrēs | anteriōrēs | anteriōra |
antĕrĭor, ōris,
I. adj. comp. [ante] (only in late Lat.), that is before, foremost: pars. Amm. 16, 8; 25, 3.—Of time, previous, former, anterior:
litterae tuae, Symm. Ep. 6, 59: reges, Sulp. Sev. Hist. Sacr. 1, 52 al.— * Adv.: antĕrĭus, before, Sid. Ep. 2, 9.Origins
Comparative form of lost adjective *anterus, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂énteros. Related to ante. Alternatively, built on ante in analogy to posterior (“which comes after”).
Descendants
- Catalananterior
- Englishanterior
- Frenchantérieur
- Italiananteriore
- Portugueseanterior
- Romaniananterior
- Spanishanterior
- Galiciananterior
In English words that came into English from anterior
- anterioranterior
- antrorseantrorsum