priores

priores is a Latin form of prior, meaning “earlier, former; first of two”. It is the accusative plural masculine comparative adjective.

Found 150 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Caesar, De Bello Gallico 2.11.5: priores, quod abesse a periculo viderentur neque ulla necessitate neque imperio continerentur, exaudito clamore perturbatis ordinibus omnes in fuga sibi praesidium ponerent.

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.