antecedentium
Dictionary entries
- Entry →antecedens, (gen.), antecedentis:
Adjective · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
foregoing, preceding; former; prior; previously existent, pre-existing;
gen. pl. (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;
gen. pl. 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.);
gen. pl.
Examples
de Vita Beata
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DIALOGI
"...magis praestandum est quam ne pecorum ritu sequamur antecedentium gregem, pergentes non quo eundum est sed quo itur..."Liber VII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...centum inde occidit Achilles". IX. Saepe utri duorum antecedentium sermo subiunctus sit in dubio est, unde et controversia..."Panegyricus
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger)
"...unus ex nobis, quos facis consules. Quotusquisque principum antecedentium honorem istum aut consulatui habuit, aut populo? Non alii..."
