LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
conjunction

priusquam

priusquam
Classical[priˈʊs.kʷãː]Ecclesiastical[priˈus.kʷam]
№ 484 of the 1,000 commonest wordsMille Verba core vocabulary

Meaning

  1. before
  2. until

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

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(prius-quam) see prius.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *kʷ- Proto-Indo-European *kʷís Proto-Italic *kʷis Proto-Indo-European *kʷ- Proto-Indo-European *kʷos Proto-Italic *kʷoi Latin quam Latin priusquam From prius (“sooner”) + quam (“than”).

Quick answers

What does priusquam mean in Latin?
priusquam, a conjunction, means “before; until”.
How do you pronounce priusquam?
In classical Latin, [priˈʊs.kʷãː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [priˈus.kʷam].