preceding (adj.) Copy link Outline 1. proxĭmus (immediately before or after)2. prior, us3. sŭpĕrior, us4. antĕcēdens, ntis (rare) • preceding (adj.): 1. proxĭmus (immediately before or after): (Tullus Hostilius) unlike the p. king, p. regi dissimilis, Liv. 1, 22, init.: Cic.: v. last (II.), next. 2. prior, us: in the p. year, p. anno, Caes. in Cic. Fam. 12, 13, med.: in the p. book, p. volumine, Col. 12, 1, init. 3. sŭpĕrior, us: during the p. days, s. diebus, Caes. B. G. 7, 58: v. former. Cf. Cic. Cat. 1, init., where proxima nox is the night just passed; superior nox, the night preceding that. 4. antĕcēdens, ntis (rare): Plin. 13, 8, 16.