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praetergredior

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Verb

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praetergredior (present infinitive praetergredī, perfect active praetergressus sum); third conjugation iō-variant, deponent

  1. to walk, march, go or pass by
  2. to surpass or excel
    • 1904, Saint Pius X, Ad Diem Illum Laetissimum:
      His autem positis, pronum est intelligere nullum amplius Christo esse locum, […] neque ordini cuipiam qui naturam praetergrediatur;
      All this rejected it is easy to understand that no place is left for Christ, […] or for anything that is above and beyond nature.

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References

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  • praetergredior”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • praetergredior”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • praetergredior in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • praetergredior in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016