pridie

== Latin == === Alternative forms === pr. === Etymology === A contracted form of Old Latin *pri + diē (“before the day”). Related to postridie. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈpriː.di.eː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈpriː.di.e] === Adverb === prīdiē (not comparable) On the day before Cicero, Att., 5.11.6: ...pridie quam ego Athenas veni... ...on the day before I came to Athens... ...pridie Kalendas Februarias... ...on the day before the February calends... ==== Usage notes ==== Used particularly in Roman dating for the day before the calends (kalendae), nones (nonae), or ides (īdūs) of each month. Treated as an absolute followed by a noun in the accusative case or quam and its clause. In classical Latin, followed by a genitive only in the fixed expression pridie eius diei. ==== Related terms ==== === References === “pridie”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “pridie”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “pridie”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.