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
- G
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..." - T
Liber XXXVI
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...omnibus in conspectu erant. duae Punicae naues antecedebant Romanam classem, quibus obuiae tres fuerunt regiae naues..."