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
- L
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..." - M
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..." - G
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..."
