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priorum

priorum is a Latin form of prior, meaning “earlier, former; first of two”. It is the genitive plural masculine comparative adjective or genitive plural feminine comparative adjective or genitive plural neuter comparative adjective.

Found 68 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Cicero, Pro L. Flacco 33: … aliquis sumptus instituit eos qui antea non erant instituti, non cum successor aliquid immutat de institutis priorum. Flaccus quid alii postea facturi essent scire non poterat, quid fecissent videbat.

Pliny the Younger, Epistulae 8.14.2: Dices: 'Cur quaeris quod nosse debebas?' Priorum temporum servitus ut aliarum optimarum artium, sic etiam iuris senatorii oblivionem quandam et ignorantiam induxit.

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.