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tia Victoria quoque gloriam antecellit. 
Tacit. Antecellere omnes fortuna. - 
IT In the pass. And.. atl Herenn. An ad 
inferiores, qui omnibus his rebus ante- 
cell untur. 
ANTECePT&S (ante & captus), a, um, 
also written antecaptus, and ante cap¬ 
tus, taken beforehand, preoccupied; pre¬ 
vented, anticipated. Cic. and Liv. 
ANTECeSSIS (antecedo), onis, f. a going 
1 before, preceding. Cic. 
ANTECESSOR (id.), oris, m. he that 
2 gneth before, precedes ; an antecessor, har¬ 
binger, npoSpopos, qui antecedit. In 
warfare, antecessores, forerunners of 
the army, pioneers. Sueton. Irruperant 
jam agminis antecessores. —— IT Also, 
antecessores, anciently, law-teachers, law- 
professors. Justin. Triboniano, nec- 
non Theophilo, et Dorotheo viris iilus- 
tribus, et facundissimis antecessoribus 
arcessitis. - IT Antecessor is also a 
predecessor. Paul. Dig. 
ANTECeSSOS (Id.), us, m. properly, 
2 a going before, antecedence. — In ante- 
ccssum dare, solvere, accipere, &c., h. e. 
dare, aut accipere aliquid ante tempus 
constitutum ; beforehand, before the right¬ 
ful time; in advance, before it is due. 
Senec. Ego quid cui debeam, scio: aliis 
post longam diem repono, aliis in ante- 
cessum. Id. Unum h®c epistola in de- 
bitum solvet; duo in antecessum ac- 
cipe. Id. Bene credi tibi scio: itaque 
in antecessum dabo. Quintil. Prosit 
milii, quod apud negotiatores solet: in 
antecessus dedi. Alii leg. antecessum. 
-IT Figur. Flor. Adeo certa victo¬ 
ria; spe, ut pr®dam in antecessum pac- 
tione dividerent, h. e. in advance, before 
they had obtained it. 
ANTECuRReNS (ante & currens), tis, 
running before, forerunning, preceding. 
Vitruv° Stella solem antecurrens. 
ANTECORSOR (ante & cursor), oris, m. a 
forerunner. — In warfare, antecursores, 
forerunners, precursors, pioneers; also, 
the advanced guard of an army. Cats. 
ANTEDIC5 (ante & dico), is, ixi, ictum, 
a. 3. also, ANTE DICO, to say before¬ 
hand, predict, pnedico, trp6<pripi. Cic 
Antedicere ea, qu®, &c. 
ANTEDICT0S (ante & dictus), a, um, 
also, ANTE DICTUS, said or mentioned 
before, previously suggested. Ammian. 
ANTEE6 (ante & eo), is, ivi, irreg. a. to 
1 iro before, precede, take the lead, trpbeipi, 
ante eo, prscedo. Cic. Anteibant lic- 
tores, non cum bacillis, sed, ut hie pr®- 
toribus anteeunt, cum fascibus duobus. 
Ilorat. Te semper anteit s®va necessi- 
tas. Sueton. Anteire equo, aut pedibus. 
Id. Anteire vehiculo.-IT Very of¬ 
ten, for superare, antecedere, excellere, 
to surpass, outstrip, outdo, excel. Cic. 
Anteire aliquem virtutibus. JYepos. 
Anteire omnes auctoritate. Tacit. 
Gravitate sumptuum reditus anteire, to 
live beyond one’s income, spend more than 
the receipts will cover. Cic. Qui iis state 
anteibat. Cats. Operibus (abl.) anteire. 
_ IT Used sometimes in the pass. 
Cic. Nec se Eequales tui, propter istam 
causam, abs te anteiri putant. Senec. 
Grave est a deterioribus honore anteiri. 
Tacit. Ne ab alns apud Vitellium ante- 
irentur. - IT Sometimes for pne- 
venire, to anticipate, prevent. Tacit. 
Scaurus, ut dignum veteribus .I'Emiliis, 
damnationem anteiit, prevented his con¬ 
demnation by laying violent hands on him¬ 
self. Id. Incendium anteiit remedia 
velocitate mali. Tcrent. Anteeamus, 
dum tempus datur.-IT Anteire aucto- 
ritati alicujus, in Tacit. Ann. 5. c. 3. to 
resist. -IT Silius. Idem, quid Boreas, 
quid vellet crastinus Auster, Anteibat, 
knew beforehand. -IT Antibo for ante- 
ibo; antisse, &c., for anteisse, &c., occur 
in Tacit.; anteat for anteeat in Ovid. 
ANTEFACTOS (ante & factus), a, um, 
done beforehand or aforetime; the same 
as ante factus, which form is also used. 
Gell. . 
S.NTEFER5 (ante & fero), fers, tiili, la¬ 
tum, irreg. a. to carry or bear before, 
■k poipepto, ante, prius fero. Tacit. Vi- 
grnti familiarum imagines antelat® 
sunt. Virg. Dixit, et antetulit gres- 
suin; others, ante tulit. -IT Oftener 
for anteponere, to set before, prefer, give 
the preference to, upon paw, wpoicpivo). 
Cic. Bibuli fortunam omnium trium- 
phis, victoriisque anteferre. Id. Qui 
me antetuleritis nobilitati. JVepos. An¬ 
tetulit ir® religionem. Cic. Me ante- 
laturum voluntatem tuam commodo 
meo. Id. Iniquissimam pacem justissi- 
mo bello anteferre. Id. Anteferre se 
alicui. Id. aliquem alicui honore, gra¬ 
tia, fortunis. Nepos. Ut anteferaturhuic 
nemo. Cic. Cum ipse ceteris esset omni 
honore antelatus. 
aNTEFIXOS (ante & fixus), a, um , fixed 
2 before, affixed. Tacit. Truncis arborum 
antefixa ora, human skulls fixed upon, &c. 
-IT As a subst. antefixa, orum, n. 
figures, or ornaments, affixed on high to 
houses and temples. Liv. 
ANTEGENITALIS (ante & genitalis), e, 
2 adject, before birth. Plin. Antegeni- 
tale experimentum, h. e. an experiment 
derived from those things which existed be¬ 
fore one's birth. 
aNTIGREDIOR (ante & gradior), eris, 
1 essus sum, dep. 3. to go before, precede, 
■KpoSaivw, anteeo, praecedo, ante gra¬ 
dior. Cic. Stella Veneris Lucifer La- 
tine dicitur, cum antegreditur solem 
(is the harbinger of the sun ); cum subse- 
quitur autem (sets after him), Hesperos. 
-IT Paiticip. antegressus, a, um, pre¬ 
ceding. Cic. Causis antegressis, from 
causes preceding. 
ANTEHXBE3 (ante & habeo), es, ui, 
2 ltum, a. 2. to prefer, up on paw, praefero, 
antefero,antepono. Tacit. Ne divulga- 
_ ta atque incredibilia veris antehabeant. 
ANTEHAC (ante & hac), adverb, before, 
beforetime, formerly, in time past; hither¬ 
to, until now, rrpd rov, ante hoc tem¬ 
pus. Terent. Quod antehac fecit, ni¬ 
hil ad me ittinet. Cic. Antehac qui- 
dem spera e saltern licebat; nunc etiam 
id ereptun est. —— IT Also, before that 
time. Salust. Sed ex s®pe antehac 
fidem prediderat. Tacit. Ut antehac 
flagitiis, ila tunc legibus laborabatur 
aNTELOGIUM (ante & Xoyos), ii, n. a 
3 preamble cr preface ; a prologue to a play. 
Plant. 
aNTELOQIJIUM (ante & loqttor), ii, n. 
3 the opening or proeemial part of a compo¬ 
sition or ipeech; a proem, exordium, ini- 
tium loqrendi, exordium, rrpooipiov. 
Symmach. -IT Also, the right to speak 
first. Mairob. 
ANTELuCi-NtfS (ante & lux), a, um, adj. 
before dayight, early. Cic. Coen® ante- 
lucan®, 1. e. continued all night till day¬ 
light. 
ANTEMER'DIaNOS (ante & meridies), 
a, um, acj. before noon, noon-tide or mid¬ 
day, rpoyccjypfipivoi, qui est, vel fit ante 
meridiem. Cic. 
aNTEMITPS (ante & mitto), or ANTE 
2 MITTS,is, Isi, issum, a. 3. to send first 
or before, despatch forward, irponepirw, 
pr®mitto Solin. Flumen transituri 
minimosantemittunt. Cces. Equitatum 
omnem antemittit. Id. Antemissis 
equitibus 
aNTeMNE (ante & amnem), arum, f. 
a town <f the Sabines, so wiled because 
situated h front of the river Anio. Virg. 
-IT Hmce Antemnas, atis, m. and f. 
an inhabiant, of this town. Liv. 
aNTEMSIeNS (ante & monens), also, 
ANTE IONeNS, entis, warning or ad- 
monishinr beforehand, qui ante monet. 
Valer. Pace. 
ANTEMulALE (ante & muralis), is, n. 
3 a countcrort, spur, buttress : an outwork, 
countcrsdrp, parapet, barbacan. Hiero- 
nym. 
aNTEMuBaNOS (ante & murus), a, 
3 um, adj. placed or stationed before a wall. 
Ammian. 
ANTeNNX (unc.), or aNTeMNX, ®, f. 
Kcpala, tie cross-piece to which the sail of 
a ship is fastened, the sail-yard. Virg. 
Cornua aitennarum, the two ends of the 
sail-yard. Dirt. Demittere antennas ad 
medium nalum. 
ANTeNOR oris, m. ’Avryvwp, a Trojan 
prince, tw of whose sons were married to 
daughtenof Priam. He was in favor of 
making pace with the Greeks, and re¬ 
storing Men. After the destruction of 
Troy, lie went to Italy and founded Pata- 
vium. Prg. and Liv. - IT Hence, 
AntenorOs, a, um, adj. of or pertaining 
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to Anterior ; Patavian or Paduan. Afar. 
tial. -IT AntenorTd®, arum, m. son, 
of Antenor; also, inhabitants of Padua, 
Virg. and Serv. 
XNTEoCCOPATIS (anteoccupo), onis, 
f. an anticipating, obviating, forestalling 
or preventing • prolepsis, a figure in 
rhetoric. Cie. 
ANTE6CC0P5 (ante & occupo), as, avi 
atuin, a. I. also, ANTE oCCOPS, to 
anticipate, preoccupate, prevent, forestall. 
Cic. 
ANTEPiENuLTIMOS (ante & pane 
3 & ultimus), a, um, also, ANTEPE- 
NULTIMUS, antepenultimate. Diomed. 
Grammat. 
aNTEPAGMeNTUM (ante & pago cr 
pango), i, n. the ornaments of porches or 
doors, Sec., wrought in wood or stone; 
garnishing in carved work set on door, 
posts. Vitruv. 
ANTEPXRS, as, a. 1. same as ante paro. 
Propert. 
ANTEPARTSS (ante & partus), or AN. 
TE PaRTOS, a, um, partic. prccurci 
or acquired before. Plaut. 
ANTEPEDeS (ante & pes), or ANTE 
PEDES, um, m. clients that walked before 
their patrons. Juvenal. - IT Antepe- 
des, also, the fore-feet. Cic. 
aNTEPkNDOLOS (ante & pendulus),a, 
3 um, adj. hanging down before, ante pen¬ 
dens. Apulei. 
ANTEPILANOS (ante & pilanus), i, m 
in the Roman army, the antepilani 
were the two first lines of soldiers; in the 
first were the hastati ; in the second the 
principes ; in the third the pilani 1 or tri- 
arii. Liv. - IT Ammian makes this 
word the same as antesignanus. 
ANTEPoLLES (ante & polleo), es, n.&a. 
2. to exceed inpower, excel. Apulei. Qus 
civitas cunct® Thessali® antepollet, 
_ Id. Toto vertite cunctos antepollebat. 
aNTEPoNS (atAe & pono), is, osui, osi- 
tum, a. 3. to set or place before, present, 
irpori^ripi, ante aliquem appono. Plant, 
Bonum anteponam prandium pransori- 
bus. Id. Quid antepones Veneri ajen- 
taculo? h. c. quid appones Veneri in 
jentaculum ? Tacit. Equitum Romano- 
rum locos sedilibus plebis anteposuil, 
Id. Nullo metu, non antepositis vigiliis, 
-IT Oftener, for prsferre, anteferre, 
primas dare, to prefer, to give a liigkt 
place or rank. Cic. Longe Academis 
illi ac Lyc®o tuum hoc suburbamm 
gymnasium anteponam. Id. Amici- 
tiam anteponere rebus omnibus. Ii 
se alicui. JVepos. aliquem alteri in 
familiaritate. -IT Sometimes ante is 
separated from the verb. Tibull. Liba- 
tum agricol® ponitur ante Deo, A. «• 
apponitur Deo agricol®. Cic. Suo ge- 
neri me meum ante non ponere. 
ANTEQUAM (ante & quam), or ANTE 
QUAM, adv. of time, joined generally 
with the indie., sometimes with the 
subj. before, before that, irplvav, irpiv% 
priusquam. Cic. Antequam de incom- 
modis Sicili® dico, pauca mihi viden- 
tur esse de provinci® dignitate dicenda. 
Id. Dabo operam, ut istuc veniam, an¬ 
tequam plane ex animo tuo effluo. II 
Antequam delectata est Atheniensium 
civitas hac laude dicendi, multa jam 
memorabilia eftecerat. Id. Cui fui 
semper amicus, antequam Reipublics 
est factus inimicus. Id. Equidem an¬ 
tequam tuas legi litteras, in hominem 
ire cupiebam. Id. Antequam de Re- 
publica Patres Conscripti dicam (subj.) 
ea, qu® dicenda hoc tempore arbitror, 
exponam vobis, &c. Id. Neque de- 
fatigabor, antequam percepero. — 
IT It is often separated by tmesis, other 
words being interposed ; and the two 
words are sometimes transposed. Cic. 
Ut te ante videret, quam a vita disce- 
deret. Liv. Nec ante finituin est, quam 
tribunus militum. Lucret. quam nas- 
cimur ante. Martial. Victricern lau- 
rum, quam venit ante, vides. 
ANTeRIDES (avrriplSes), um, f- 
tresses, props, or shores, set against walls, 
to hinder them from falling. Vitraf. 
-IT Hence, Anteridion, ii, n. dimin. 
a little prop or stay. Vitruv. 
ANTERIOR (ante), oris, adj. compare- 
3 tive, anterior, fore, foremost; also, tH 
former, which was before. Ammian. Ac- 
