antecessor
Dictionary entries
- Entry →antecessor, antecessoris:
Masculine · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Lewis & Short
he that goes before, predecessor; scout/vanguard (army); law professors;
nom. sg.voc. sg.
Examples
- G
Vitellius
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (Suetonius) from DE VITIS CAESARUM
"...lectoque et culcita obiectis. XVII. Irruperant iam agminis antecessores ac nemine obvio rimabantur, ut fit, singula..." - G
de Bello Africo
Gaius Julius Caesar from LIBRI INCERTORUM AUCTORUM
"...castris circiter milia passuum III, per speculatores et antecessores equites nuntiatur ei copias hostium haud longe ab sese..."