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citerior en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /sɪˈtɪə.ɹɪ.ə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
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• /səˈtɪ.ɹi.ɚ/ (General-American)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin citerior (“(particularly in province names) nearer”), comparative of citer (“on this side; near”) (from cis (“on or to this or the near side of; short of; before”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱe (“here”)) + -ior (suffix forming comparatives). The English word is cognate with French citérieur, Italian citeriore, Portuguese and Spanish citerior.

Meanings

1. (literary, not-comparable) Chiefly in place names: situated on the nearer side.
   • [D]ifferent provinces fell to different Apostles, Parthia fell to Thomas; to Matthew fell Ethiopia; and the Citerior India adherent to it is said to have fallen to Bartholomew. 1942, The Journal of the Bihar and Orissa Research Society, volume 28, Patna, Bihar, India: Bihar and Orissa Research Society, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 350:
   • Both citerior and ulterior locations (and corresponding contact locations) are marked similarly. Complex prepositions with mua 'front' […] and tua 'back' […] can denote citerior and ulterior locations respectively, while tafa 'side' […] can denote either citerior or ulterior locations. 2000, Niko Besnier, “Morphology”, in Tuvaluan: A Polynesian Language of the Central Pacific (Descriptive Grammars), London; New York, N.Y.: Routledge, →ISBN, page 347:
   • The Abruzzo is alſo ſubdivided into the Abruzzo Citerior, the Abruzzo Ulterior, and the county of Moliſa. […] Finally, Calabria is ſubdivided into the Baſilicata, Calabria Citerior, and Calabria Ulterior. 1749, Thomas Nugent, “General Description of Italy”, in The Grand Tour. Containing an Exact Description of Most of the Cities, Towns, and Remarkable Places of Europe. […], volume III, London: Printed for S. Birt, […]; D. Browne, […]; A[ndrew] Millar, […]; and G. Hawkins, […], →OCLC, section II (Description of the Several Provinces of Italy), page 37:
   • It [Spain] was divided by the Romans into two provinces, Citeriour and Ulteriour, nearer and farther, that is, from Rome. 1827, William C[hanning] Woodbridge, Emma Willard, “Hispania or Spain”, in Universal Geography, Ancient and Modern; on the Principles of Comparison and Classification, 2nd edition, Hartford, Conn.: Published by Oliver D. Cooke & Co. J. & J. Harper, printers, →OCLC, page 23:
   • One of the new consuls was to take command in [Hispania] Citerior with a full consular army of two legions supported by 15,000 allied troops, 800 cavalry, and twenty-five warships. 1978, Alan E. Astin, “The Consul in Spain”, in Cato the Censor, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, published 2000, →ISBN, page 33:

Forms

Antonyms

ulterior

Synonyms

close by · nearby · hither · near · immediate · nigh · citerior · around the corner · close · proximate · propinquitous · proximate · present

Translations (6)

es citerior (situated on the nearer side) · la citerior (situated on the nearer side) · pt citerior (situated on the nearer side) · it citeriore (situated on the nearer side) · mg dimbin' io (situated on the nearer side) · fr citérieur (situated on the nearer side)