praeposterus

== Latin == === Etymology === From prae- + posterus. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [prae̯ˈpɔs.tɛ.rʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [preˈpɔs.te.rus] === Adjective === praeposterus (feminine praepostera, neuter praeposterum); first/second-declension adjective reversed, inverted perverted, distorted absurd, preposterous ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. ==== Descendants ==== English: preposterous Italian: prepostero Portuguese: prepóstero Spanish: prepóstero === References === “praeposterus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “praeposterus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “praeposterus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. praeposterus in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016