verb transitive intransitive

praeter-mĕo

2nd PP praeter-mēre · conj. 2nd

to go by; past poetic ••

, to go by or past (poet. and post-class. prose): saepe salutantum tactu praeterque meantum (in tmesi), Lucr. 1, 317: amoenitas locorum invitet praetermeantem, Ambros. in Luc. 4, 2.—With acc.: stellas (of comets), Sen. Q. N. 7, 6, 1: quos (tractus) praetermeat Ister, Amm. 31, 8, 6; 14, 8, 10: ripas, Claud. Cons. Mall. Theod. 234.

Perseus ID: n38091 Key: praetermeo