flow by Copy link Outline 1. praefluo2. praeterfluo, 33. praeterlābor, psus, 3 (to glide gently by) • flow by, near, or past: 1. praefluo: the Tiber f.s past at the bottom of the valley, infima valle pr. Tiberis, Liv. 1, 45, fin.: the Aufidus which f.s past the realms of Apulian Daunus, Aufidus qui regna Dauni pr. Appuli, Hor. Od. 4, 14, 26. 2. praeterfluo, 3: a river f.ing past the walls, amnis praeterfluens moenia, Liv. 41, 11. 3. praeterlābor, psus, 3 (to glide gently by): delightsome woods and rivers f.ing by, amoenitas silvarum et praeterlabentia flumina, Quint. 10, 3, 24.
past (adj.) Copy link Outline I. In gen. sense, gone byII. Immediately preceding • past (adj.): I. In gen. sense, gone by: praetĕrĭtus: p. time, pr. tempus, Cic. Sen. 19, 68: also as p. part.: when the pleasantness of spring-time is p., p. verni temporis suavitate, Cic. Sen. 19, 70: also in gram., the p. tense, pr. tempus. Quint. 1, 4, fin. Oft. used elliptically, the p.: v. foll. art. (N.B.--Not exactus nor finitus, as adj., though they may be used participially: cf. Virg. G. 390.) II. Immediately preceding: proxĭmus, sŭpĕrior: v. preceding, former.
past (subs.) Copy link • past (subs.): neut. of praetĕrĭtus: to grant any one an indemnity for the p., aliquem venia in praeteritum donare, Suet. Dom. 9. Esp. n. pl. (the past, collectively; with all its events): to remember the p., to see the present, meminisse praeteritorum, praesentia cernere, Cic. Div. 1, 30, 63: Caes. Phr.: admirer of the p., laudati temporis acti [se puero], Hor. A. P. 173 (strictly, without sense apart from the words in brackets.).
past (prep.) Copy link Outline I. Of place, praeter, with acc. (after verbs of motion)II. Of time • past (prep.): I. Of place, praeter, with acc. (after verbs of motion): he marched his forces p. Caesar's camp, p. castra Caesaris copias suas traduxit, Caes. B. G. 1, 48: Ter. II. Of time: perh. ultra, with acc.: cf. Quint. 3, 1, 9, ultra Socratem duravit. Or expr. by verb: is it already p. the time, jam ea (dies) praeteriit? Ter. Ph. 3, 2, 41: see also late (too).
PAST Copy link • PAST 1. adverb, praeteritus; exactus; finitus: also, prior, superior: the past year, summer, annus superior, aetas prior: the past cannot be altered, praeterita mutari non possunt, or mutare non possumus (after Cic.): past time, tempus praeteritum (Cic.); tempus actum (Hor., A. P.). ☞ Avoid the use of elapsus and praeterlapsus of p. time absolutely; Vid: Wolf., Anal., 1, p. 488. 2. preposition and adverb = more than, above. Vid: BEYOND.