citerior
/səˈtɪ.ɹi.ɚ/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
4
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "It [Spain] was divided by the Romans into two provinces, Citeriour and Ulteriour, nearer and farther, that is, from Rome."
- "[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."
- "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."
- "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."
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.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: *ḱe
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /səˈtɪ.ɹi.ɚ/
- British English: /sɪˈtɪə.ɹɪ.ə/