antecedebant
Dictionary entries
- Entry →antecedo, antecedere, antecessi, antecessus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
precede, go before/ahead/in front of, attain before; excel, surpass, outstrip;
pl. imperf. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
de Bello Hispaniensi
Gaius Julius Caesar from LIBRI INCERTORUM AUCTORUM
"...Proelium clamore facto committitur. Hic etsi virtute nostri antecedebant, adversarii loco superiore se defendebant acerrime, et vehemens fiebat..."Liber XXXVI
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...omnibus in conspectu erant. duae Punicae naues antecedebant Romanam classem, quibus obuiae tres fuerunt regiae naues..."