FORMER Copy link • FORMERpristinus (superior): vetus (old). Also by the adverbs olim, quondam, antea; e.g., a former friend of Philip, Philippi quondam amicus; amicus antea Philippi: Alexander’s former wife, Alexandri olim uxor. To return to one’s former state or position, in pristmum statum redire: one’s former life, vita superior: former custom, friendship, etc., pristina consuetudo, amicitia: contrary to any former precedent, contra omnia vetustatis exempla. Fore-mentioned, Vid: The former (in contradistinction to “the latter’), ille, illa, illud (opposed to hic): prior (opposed to posterior; e.g., priori posterius non jungitur, Cic., Acad., 2, 14).