1.2 before and after

ante (prep. with Ac, adv.); adv. anteā, antehāc; conj. antequam, priusquam, before

prior, former, previous; adv. prius, before, sooner, previously

tempus prius or superius, former days; superiōribus temporibus, in earlier times

praeteritus, past; praeterita, praeteritum tempus, the past

prope est or in eō est ut subj., ... is on the point of happening.

post (prep. with Ac, adv.), after, afterwards; adv. posteā, posthāc, afterwards, hereafter; postquam, after

haud ita multō post, posteā aliquantō, brevī posteā, nōn multō posteā, a little later

posthāc, hereafter, henceforth

posterus, later, next, future

posteritās, the future

posterior, latter, later; adv. posterius

subinde, just after, then

aliquot post diēbus, some days after

ex intervāllō, after some time

futūrus, future

reliquum tempus, the future

porrō, in future

praesentīre, have a presentiment, foresee; noun praesēnsiō; praevidēre, prōspicere, prōvidēre, foresee; noun prōvīsiō

antecēdere, go before, precede; noun antecessiō

anticipāre, praecipere, praecurrere, anticipate; noun anticipātiō

from A Handbook of the Latin Language by Walter Ripman (1930). Transcribed by Carolus Raeticus (2011).

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