antecedente
Dictionary entries
- Entry →antecedens, (gen.), antecedentis:
Adjective · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
foregoing, preceding; former; prior; previously existent, pre-existing;
abl. 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;
abl. sg. pres. act. part. - Entry →antecedente, antecedentis:
Neuter · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
what precedes; premises for reasoning; antecedent matters (pl.);
acc. sg.dat. sg.loc. sg.nom. sg.voc. sg.
Examples
Divus Iulius
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (Suetonius) from DE VITIS CAESARUM
"...potentissimos duos competitores multumque et aetate et dignitate antecedentes superavit, ut plura ipse in eorum tribubus suffragia quam..."Liber V
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...late fuso agmine immensum obtinentes loci. Sed antecedente fama nuntiisque Clusinorum, deinceps inde aliorum populorum, plurimum terroris Romam..."
