Pridie

Latin-English

prīdĭē. (ˈpri.di.e) adv.

1. On the day before.

prīdĭē. (ˈpri.di.e) prep. w/ acc.

1. On the day before.

Loci

• αʹ Cicero, Academica 1.1:

In Cumano nuper cum mecum Atticus noster esset, nuntiatum est nobis a M. Varrone venisse eum Roma pridie vesperi et, nisi de via fessus esset, continuo ad nos venturum fuisse.

Recently, while our friend Atticus was with me at my Cumaean estate, we received a message from Marcus Varro that he had arrived from Rome the evening of the day before and, if he hadn't been worn out from the journey, he would have come to us directly.

• βʹ Cicero, Ad Atticum 4.3:

Milonis domum, eam quae 〈 est in 〉 Cermalo, pr. Idus Novembr. expugnare et incendere ita conatus est ut palam hora quinta cum scutis homines eductis gladiis, alios cum accensis facibus adduxerit.

They tried to storm Milo's house—the one on the Germalus—and set fire to it on November 12, when at eleven o'clock he openly brought men with shields and drawn swords, some with lit torches.