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ANT 
If Also, to discuss, examine into, investi¬ 
gate. Cic. Aut anquirunt, ant consul¬ 
tant. Lucret. Protraliere in lucem, 
atque omnes anquirere nisus. Tacit. 
Nec diu anquirendum, quin Agrippina 
anteiret.-If Intransitive, a judicial 
word, to impeach, accuse, proceed crimi¬ 
nally against a person. Liv. de per- 
duellione. Tacit, de morte alicujus. 
__Also, a judicial word, to accuse, 
particularly of the tribunes, when they 
accuse any one before the people, and 
at the same time assign his punishment 
beforehand. Liv. capite de aliquo. Id. 
Anquirere capitis. Id. pecunia, h. e. 
to sentence to a fine. 
SNQUISITe (anquisitus), adverb, com- 
3 parative anquisitius,d(lio-ni%, accurate¬ 
ly, elaborately, tiell. 
iNQUISITIS (anquiro),onis, f. the same 
3 as inquisitio. Varr. 
ANSX (unc.), ®, f. the handle of a cup or 
other vessel, \a/3ig, ra lira, manubrium, 
quo vas aut poculum manu prehendi, 
et teneri potest. Virg., Mart., Ovid. 
- If Also, the handle of other things, 
any thing to lay hold of. Petron. Ansa 
ostii, the handle of a door. Plin. crepi- 
d®, the band of a shoe, shoe-string. So, 
Tibu.ll. Ansa colligat pedes. So, Cels. 
6, 18. Vitruv. gubernaculi, the tiller. 
Vitruv. stater®, the cheeks of a balance. 
Vitruv. Anss ferres, iron hooks, cramps. 
- IT Figuf. occasion, opportunity. Cic. 
and Plaut. 
ANSANCTUS, See Am.sanct.us. 
ANSATpS (ansa),a, um, adj. having a han¬ 
dle, or handles, qui ansam habet, orcbeis. 
Columcll. —— ir Ansat®, sc. hast®, h. e. 
furnished with a thong. Erin, apud Non. 
-IT Plaut. Ansatus homo, with his 
arms a-kimbo ; with his hands fixed to his 
sides, so that his arms resemble handles. 
aNSER (unc.), eris, m. a goose, gander, 
Xbv, %rtv6y. Cic. and Virg. -if Virg. 
Anser Amyclams Ledae, h. e. swan. 
-IT Anser is also the name of a certain 
petulant and licentious poet. Ovid. 
aNSERaRIUM (anser), ii, n. a place in 
which geese are fed. 
aNSeRCOLOS (Id.), i, m. dimin. a little 
goose, a gosling. Columcll. 
ANSERINOS (Id.), a, um, adj. of or pertain¬ 
ing to a goose. Plin. Anserinus adeps, 
goose-grease. Ulpian. Dig. Anserina 
lana, the down of geese. 
aNSOLA (ansa), ®. f. a little handle, parva 
3 ansa. Apulei. -IT Also, a ring or 
iron hook, driven into a wall or stall, 
for the purpose of fastening horses, &c. 
Apul. — Also, a finger-ring. Augustin. 
— Also, a ring of a chain. Id. - 
If Also, a string or band of a' .slipper. 
_ Val. Max. 
aNTACIIaTeS (di'raxdrijf), ®, m. a pre- 
_ cious stone resembling the agate. Plin. 
ANTA3 (unc.), arum, f. the posts or cheeks 
of a door, door-posts, jambs, napao-rdSes. 
Vitruv. — Hence, Vitruv. Aides in antis, 
_ a temple with pillars in front. 
ANTrEOS, i, m. 'Avraios, a Libyan giant, 
brother of Busiris, slain by Hercules. 
_ Ovid. - IT Also written Antliceus. 
aNTAGoNTSTX (dvri and dywvi^w), ae, 
ffl. an adversary, enemy, antagonist, 
_ AvTayuvicTris, adversarius. Hieronym. 
ANTANXCLaSIS, is, f. dvravauXatris, 
a figure in rhetoric, when the same word, 
is repeated in a different and even a con¬ 
trary sense. 
aNTaNDROS, i, and aNTaNDROS, i, 
ff'AvTavSpoi, S. Dimitri, a city in My- 
sia. Virg. -IT Hence AntandrTus, 
a, um, adj. of or pertaining to this city. 
Cic. 
ANTAP5CHA. SeeApocha. 
aNTaRGTICOS ( avrapKTiKds ), a, um, 
L adj. southern. Ilygin. 
■ANTaRIOS (avralpco), a, um, adject, 
o Antarii fanes, irporovoi oxoTuoi, steady¬ 
ing ropes used in a machine for drawing 
U P great weights. Vitruv. Antarii funes 
_ ante laxi coflocentur. 
ANTE ( dvra, before), prep, governing the 
ice.; before, as respects time, place, and 
persons. Cic. Ante tribunal tuum, M. 
Fanni, ante pedes vestros, judices, inter 
ipsa subseliia cades futuraB sunt. Id. 
Ante oculos vestros. Id. Ante suum 
-undum. Id. Ante praetorium. Id. 
Ante oppidum Nolam. Id. Dicere 
causam ante judicem. Avct. ad Ilerenn. 
Venire ante imperatorem. Nepos. 
Vinctum ante se Thyum agebat. C<bs. 
Ante ceteras cohortes procurrerat. Cic. 
Qui honos togato habitus est ante me ne- 
mini, h. e. before me, before my time. Virg. 
Ante Jovem nulli subigebant arva colo- 
ni, before the reign of Jupiter. Cic. Mor- 
tuus est ante istum praetorem, h. c. before 
that manwas praetor. Id. Ante philosophi- 
am patefactam. Id. Ut ad earn volunta- 
tem, si quam in ilium ante has ineas 
litteras contulisti, &c., h. e. before you 
received this letter of mine. Liv. Per 
hunc castissimum ante regiam injuriam 
sanguinem juro.-II It often has af¬ 
ter it quam. Sueton. Ante paucos dies, 
quam aedilitatem iniret, a few days be¬ 
fore, &c. Id. Ante paucos, quam peri- 
ret, menses. Colnm. Si snlci ante an¬ 
num fiant, quam vineta conserantur. 
-IT It is joined with adverbs of time 
in o, as multo, paulo, tanto, &c. Liv. 
Multo ante noctem. Id. Aliquanto ante 
lucem.-IT It is often placed between 
the subst. and adj. Liv. Hies ante pau¬ 
cos. Sueton. Paucos ante menses. Id. 
Aliquot ante annos. Plot. Tertium 
ante diem.-IT It is also sometimes 
put after qui. Nepos. Athenienses diem 
certam Chabrire pnestituerunt, quam 
ante, &c. Cic. Diem statuosatis laxam, 
quam ante si solverint, &c.-IT In 
dates, ante diem is put for die. Cic. Ante 
diem VI Calendas Novembris, for die 
sexto ante, &c. Id. a. d. Ill, Cal. Mai., 
h. e. ante diem tertium Calendas Maias, 
the third day before the Calends of May. 
Hence, in ante diem, &c., cz ante diem, 
&c., are often used. Cii. Diem edicti 
obire neglexit: in ante diem quartum 
calend. Decembris distuli. Id. De Q. 
Fratre nuntii nobis venerunt ex ante 
diem non. Jun., h. e. from the fourth of 
June. - IT Ante diem, ante tempus, 
sometimes signify, before the suitable or 
proper day or time. Ovid. Filius ante 
diem patrios inquirit in annos. Cic. 
Factus est consul bis: pimum ante 
tempus, iterum suo tempore. - 
IT With persons, it also expresses com¬ 
parison. Balbus ad Cic. Eum, quem 
ante me diligo, more thantnysclf. Liv. 
Ante Alexandrum, et antePyrrhum, et 
ante omnes alios imperatoris esse, supe¬ 
rior to Alexander, &c. lacit. Nullos 
mortalium armis, aut fide inte Germa- 
nos esse. Liv. Longe ante ilias pulchri- 
tudine insignis. Virg. scelere ante 
alios immanior omnes. Ycpos. Unus 
ante alios carissimus. - IT Ante om¬ 
nia sometimes signify fir.t of all, the 
very first; and sometime, above all, 
especially, chiefly. Cels. Alius ante om¬ 
nia ducitur. Liv. Eo ante rmnia insig¬ 
nis, quia matron® annum lixerunt. Id. 
Ante omnia invisum ipsun ingenium 
atrox. - IT ANTE is often used ad¬ 
verbially, generally of time before, on a 
former occasion, formerly, tic. Ante ad 
te falsum scripseram. Id. St feci ante, 
et facio nunc. Cels. Ceten. et ante, et 
post, eadem facienda sunt Id. Ante 
caput, deinde reliqua pari auferatur. 
Liv. Ut in publico pericub ante, sic 
turn in suo. Id. Et paulo aite non ad- 
juti, et tunc exclusi. Liv. Si cut ante 
dictum est. Plin. Si unquan ante alias, 
if ever on a former occasion. Cic. Ante 
dicere aliquid, to predict, pnphesy, fore¬ 
tell. Id. Longe ante viden aliquid, to 
foresee. Sueton. Multo inte prospi- 
cere. Liv. Paucis ante liebus. Id. 
Annis duodecim ante. Id. Ante annis 
septendecim. Cic. Dici vix potest, 
quam muita sint, qu® Espondeatis 
ante fieri oportere, quam id hanc ra- 
tionem extremam necessaiam deve¬ 
nire. See Antcquam. In Taler. Flacc. 
Ante comas silvte alluditAuster: at 
ilium protinus sensere cam®, at first. 
Ovid. Ante, deos homini qtod concili- 
are valeret, Farerat, et purlucida mica 
salis , formerly. — Virg. Igiari antema- 
lorum, h. e. of former evils. IT Some¬ 
times an adv. of place, befirc, in front. 
Sulpic. ad Cic. Post me irat ASgina, 
ante Megara. Liv. Fiuviis ab tergo, 
ante circaque oram, &c. Cic. Si aut 
manibus ingrediatur quis, ait non ante, 
sed retr o, forwards. 
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aNTEa (ante & ea, abl. as in antehac), 
adverb, before, aforetime, formerly, here¬ 
tofore, erst, in time past, same as ante, but 
limited to time. Cic. Non accusabimur 
postliac ; neque hercule antea negligen- 
tes fuimus. Id. Tempus hoc magia 
idoneum, quam unquam antea. Id. 
Appius in sermonibus antea dictitabat, 
postea dixit etiam in Senatu. Id. Sem¬ 
per antea cum uxore ; turn sine ea. Id. 
Hunc audiebant antea, nunc pr®sentem 
vident. Id. Te antea, quam tibi suc- 
cessum esset, decessurum fuisse. Liv. 
Clypeis antea usi sunt, deinde scuta 
pro cjypeis fecere. 
aNTEaCTOS (ante & actus), a, um, also, 
ANTE ACTUS, done formerly or in time 
past, over, spent, gone by. Cic. Vita 
anteacta. Lucret. ffitfts. Id. tempus. 
Id. vetustas, days of yore. Nepos. Ac- 
cusare aliquem rerum anteactarum. 
Ovid. Anteacta fateri, one's former ac¬ 
tions or deeds. 
aNTEXGS (ante & ago), is, egi, actum, 
a. 3. also ANTE AGO, to lead before. 
Sil. Anteagitur ennjux. 
aNTEaMBOLS (ante & ambulo), onis, 
3 m. a servant whose business it was to walk 
before his master, clear the way, &c.; a 
client, who walked before his patron in pub¬ 
lic, in order to show him the greater re¬ 
spect. Martial. 
aNTECXNIS (ante & canis), is, m. the 
I lesser Dog-star, so called from its rising 
before the greater Dog-star. Cic. Others 
read ante cancm. Written, also, antica- 
nis. In Greek, npoKvcov, whence the 
Latin procyon. 
aNTECaNTaMeNTUM (ante & canto), 
3 i, n. or aNTECaNTaMEN, Inis, n. 
that which was sung before the Mysteries, 
as they went in procession; a prelude, pre- 
ludium, overture. Apulei. 
ANTECXPI5 (ante & capio), is, cepi, 
captum & ceptum, a. 3. also ANTE 
CAPIO, to talce possession of before¬ 
hand, preoccupy, irpo\ap/3ava), occu- 
po, ante occupo. Tacit. Nam Medos 
Pacorus anteceperat. Id. Pontem ante- 
ceperat.- IT Antecapere tempus, to 
anticipate. Sallust. Maxime festinans 
tempus legatorum antecapere. IZ Op¬ 
timum factu ratus, noctem, qu® insta- 
bat, ante capere, ne quid eo spatio 
novaretur. 
ANTECAPTUS. See Anteceptus. 
aNTECeDeNS (antecedo), tis, antecedent, 
going before, preceding, foregoing, past, 
irpoca-Tws, Ttpinoiv, pr®ce3ens, anteposi- 
tus. Cic. Omnia qu® fierent fieri causis 
antecedentibus. Plin. Antecedens an¬ 
nus. - IT Antecedentia, among rhetori¬ 
cians, antecedents. Cic. - IT Also, sur¬ 
passing, superior, greater. Cic. AState 
paulum his antecedensSer. Galba. Mar¬ 
cel. Dig. Antecedentis gradus homines 
non possunt eas ducere, quas iis, qui 
inferioris dignitatis sunt, ducere non 
_ licet. 
aNTECeDS (ante & cedo), is, essi, es- 
sum, n. and a. 3. to go before, precede, 
take the lead, get the start, irpuepxopai, 
ante eo, prscedo. Cws. Antecedere 
inagnis itineribus. Cic. Pompeius ex- 
peditus antecesserat legiones. Id. Si 
huic rei ilia antecedit, huic non ante- 
cedit. Cels. Exercitatio semper ante¬ 
cedere cibum debet. - IT Often, to 
surpass, outdo, exceed, excel. Cic. Quan¬ 
tum natura hominis pecudibus antece¬ 
dit. Id. Antecedere alicui state. Jus¬ 
tin. aliquem ffitate. Plaut. alicui vir- 
tute. Nepos. aliquem honore. Id 
aliquem in aliqua re. Curt. Antece¬ 
dere fidem inagnitudine rerum, li. e. to 
exceed belief. Plin. Antecedere pretio, 
to exceed in value. 
aNTECeLLeNS (antecello), entis, supe¬ 
rior, excelling, surpassing. Cic. 
aNTECeLLS (ante & cello), Gr. k£\\co, 
h. e. curro), is, n. and a. 3. to excel, sur¬ 
pass, exceed, be superior to, vircptx o> i P rfe - 
sto, supero, pr®cello, excello, major 
sum. Cic. Causa, qu® criminibus cete¬ 
ris antecellit. Id. Aides du®, qu® 
longe ceteris antecellunt. Id. Sensus 
hominum multo antecellit sensibus bes- 
tiarum. Id. Antecellere omnibus in¬ 
genii gloria.-IT With an acc. Cic- 
Qui eloquentia ceteros antecellis. 
Alii ceteris. Valer. Max. Qua constan- 
