prefix, repr. L. cis prep. ‘on this side of,’ opposed to trans or ultra, across, beyond; also used in comb. as in cis-alpīnus, cis-montānus, lying on this side the Alps or the mountains, cis-rhenānus on this side the Rhine, cis-tiberis on this side the Tiber. The two first of these esp. continued in use in med.L. in reference to Rome and Italy, whence It. cisalpino, F. cisalpin, cismontain, CISALPINE, CISMONTANE.
1. In modern use, either as adaptations of L. as Cis-marine, on this side of the sea, Cis-padane, on this side the Po, Cis-rhenane, on this side the Rhine, etc., or formed on the adjs. belonging to modern names, as Cis-andine, on this side the Andes; Cis-atlantic; Cis-elysian; Cis-equatorial; Cis-gangetic; Cis-leithan, on this side the Leitha which separates Austria and Hungary; Cis-lunar, on this side the moon; Cis-oceanic; Cis-platine; Cis-pontine, on this side the bridges, viz., in London, north of the Thames.
1870–6. J. Orton, Andes & Amazons, II. xxxvii. (ed. 3), 488. All the great forests of South America are *cisandine.
1823. T. Jefferson, Writ. (1830), IV. 381. Our second [maxim should be], never to suffer Europe to intermeddle with *cis-Atlantic affairs.
1884. Jos. Parker, in Chr. World, 9 Oct., 764/2. Churches cisatlantic and transatlantic.
1864. Miss Cornwallis, in Sat. Rev., XVIII. 463. Pray tell me about the trans-bedpost regions; my whole concern at present is the *cis-bedpost—a very narrow domain.
1887. Stevenson, Underwoods, I. xiij. 26. *Cis-Elysian river-shores.
1855–60. Maury, Phys. Geog. Sea, ix. § 447. The waters of *cis-equatorial seas.
1817. Colebrooke, in Trans. Linn. Soc., XII. 352. Between the *cis-gangetic and trans-gangetic regions.
1870. Gladstone, Glean., IV. v. 202. The *Cis-leithan populations.
1871. Daily News, 21 Sept., 5/4. Austria must either consent to let go her Cis-leithan provinces.
1867–77. G. F. Chambers, Astron., II. vi. 214. If they are *cis-lunar [rays].
1713. Bentley, Wks. (1836–38), III. 381. Though they take the *Cismarine critic to their aid and assistance.
1861. Beresf. Hope, Eng. Cathedr. 19th C., ii. 34. Points … in favour of Cismontane Gothic for Cismarine England.
1886. Pall Mall Gaz., 21 Sept., 6/1. The generally accepted *cis-oceanic ideas.
1797. Burke, Regic. Peace, Wks. VIII. 311. Is it to the *Cispadane or to the Transpadane republicks … that we address all these pledges…?
1880. Libr. Univ. Knowl. (N. Y.), IV. 13. [Uruguay] belonged to Brazil and had the name of the *Cisplatine province.
1860. Mrs. P. Byrne, Undercurrents Overlooked, I. 78. The … Metropolitan theatres, *cispontine and transpontine.
1864. Realm, 1 June, 8. Made his bow before a cispontine audience.
1845. Stocqueler, Handbk. Brit. India (1854), 237. Bhutseer, which borders the *Cis-Sutledge provinces.
2. transf. to time = Since, subsequent to, as cis-Elizabethan, cis-reformation.
1870. Lowell, Among My Books, Ser. I. (1873), 3–4. Keats was … the true founder of the modern school, which admits no *cis-Elizabethan authority save Milton.
1662. Fuller, Worthies, III. 45. I place him confidently not a trans-, but *Cis-reformation-man.
