antecedens
Dictionary entries
- Entry →antecedens, (gen.), antecedentis:
Adjective · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
foregoing, preceding; former; prior; previously existent, pre-existing;
acc. sg. (n.)nom. sg. (all)voc. sg. (all) - 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;
acc. sg. pres. act. part.nom. sg. pres. act. part.voc. sg. pres. act. part.
Examples
Liber I
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DE BENEFICIIS
"...quantis sint liberati malis, et lenocinium est muneris antecedens metus. Nec tamen ideo debemus tardius quemquam seruare, quam..."Liber III
Gaius Julius Caesar from COMMENTARIORUM LIBRI III DE BELLO CIVILI
"...quibus Domitius certior factus vix IIII horarum spatio antecedens hostium beneficio periculum vitavit et ad Aeginium, quod..."Dialogus de Oratoribus
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from Minor Works
"...vicesimo Asinius Pollio C. Catonem, non multum aetate antecedens Calvus Vatinium iis orationibus insecuti sunt, quas hodieque..."
