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priorem

priorem is a Latin form of prior, meaning “earlier, former; first of two”. It is the accusative singular feminine comparative adjective.

Found 104 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Caesar, De Bello Civili 1.27: … parte operis a Caesare effecta diebusque in ea re consumptis vim naves a consulibus Dyrrachio remissae, quae priorem partem exercitus eo deportaverant, Brundisium revertuntur. Pompeius sive operibus Caesaris permotus sive etia …

Terence, Adelphi 4.5.660: Priorem esse illum; non oportere huic dari.

All forms of prior (declension table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Lewis & Short, A Latin Dictionary (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.