antecessisset
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;
sg. pluperf. act. subj. 3rd
Examples
- L
Liber III
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DE BENEFICIIS
"...obruet. Non potuissem quicquam consequi, nisi parentum beneficium antecessisset; sed non ideo, quidquid consecutus sum, minus..." - M
IX
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...pater, affirmo, promitto: cuius pietatis es, nemo te antecessisset. illa, certum habeo, expectas, ut dicam: morabar inter sacrilegos..."