ANT 
ANT 
AN'i 
terior chlamydis pars. Symmach. An- 
teriores litters tu®. Sulpic. Sever. 
Anteriores Reges. Prudent. Anterior 
chao. . , . , 
ytfTERoS, otis, m. Avrepois, oitos, the 
son of Mars and Venus, a god who pun¬ 
ished slighted love. Cic. -IF Ill piur. 
anterotes, a kind of amethyst. Plin. 
jN'I’eS (unc.), ium, m. rows, as of sol- 
■j diers, planted vines, flowers and shrubs ; 
borders of flowers. Colum. and Virg. 
aNTESIGNaNOS (ante & signum), i, m. 
3 antesignani, chosen soldiers, who fought 
before the standards, generally in the first 
line, or wherever the standards might be, 
and were never the velites, but the heavy- 
armed troops. Liv. and Cic. —— IT Fig- 
ur. a leader or commander. Cic. 
ANTbSTo (ante & sto), and aNTISTO, 
1 as, steti, n. 1 . to excel, be superior, be 
distinguished. Cic. Crotoniat® multum 
omnibus corporum viribus et dignita- 
tibns antesteterunt. Nepos. Eloquen- 
tia antistat innocentise. 
jNTkSTOR (some from ante ; others 
from am ; & testor), aris,atus sum, dep. 
]. to call one for a witness to an arrest, 
&c., by touching the ear, vpoSiapaprvpcot, 
in testem vocare. Horat. licet antes- 
tari ? ego vero Oppono auriculam : ra- 
pit in jus. Plaut. Antestari servum. 
_IT Also, to call one as a witness, ex- 
trajudicially. Cic. Te, Magne, tamen 
antestarefur. Alii leg. attestaretur. 
aNTEVENIO (ante & venio), is, eni, en- 
2 turn, a. and n. 4. to get before, get the start 
of, pr®venio, TtpotpSavai. Sallust. Exer- 
citum Metelli antevenit. Plaut. Tem- 
pori huic hodie anteveni. Sallust. Con- 
silia et insidias hostium antevenire, 
to prevent, thwart. -IT Also, to excel, 
exceed, surpass. Tacit. Ubi multum 
(beneficia) antevenere, have become 
much greater. Plant. Amor omnibus 
rebus,”et nitoribus nitidis antevenit. 
Sallust. Antevenire aliquem per virtu- 
tern. 
aNTEVeNTELES (antevenio), a, um, 
3 adject. Apul. crines, hanging before. 
aNTEYeRTQ (ante & verto), and, an- 
1 ciently, ANTEVoRTS, is, rti, rsurn, 
a. and n. 3. to precede, prevent, fore¬ 
stall, anticipate, thwart, 03-dva>, prffi- 
venio, anticipo, praverto. Cic. Neque 
a sole longius unquam unius signi 
intervallo (steila) discedit, turn an- 
tevertens, turn subsequens. Id. Vidit 
necesse esse Miloni proflcisci Lanuvi- 
um illo ipso die: itaque antevertit. 
Id. Id ipsum cum tecum agere conarej-, 
Fannius antevertit. Plaut. Moerores mi 
antevortunt gaudiis. Terent. Miror, ubi 
ego huic anteverterim, h. e..where I got 
before her. Tacit. Antevertere damna- 
tionetn veneno.-II Also, to place be¬ 
fore, prefer. Cccs. C®sar omnibus con- 
siliis antevertendum existimavit, ut 
Narbonem proficisceretur.-IT Also, 
_ as a deponent, to prefer. Plaut. 
ANTEV5L5 (ante & volo), as, n. & a. 1. 
3 to fly before, to get the start by flying 
or rushing forward, volando prfficedere. 
Claudian. Antevolant Zephyros penn®. 
Sil. Fulvius antevolans agmen. Virg. 
Antevolant, sonitumque ferunt ad li- 
tora venti. 
ANTEVoRTX (anteverto), ®, f. a god¬ 
dess of past events, as Postvorta was of 
future events. Also called by Ovid, 
Porrima. Macrob. 
ANTIIXLrUM (dvSaXiov), ii, n. a kind of 
_ herb. Plin. 
aNTHeDoN (dvSr/du) v, 6vog), onis, f. a 
species of the medlar-tree. Plin. —— 
IT Anthedon is also a city in Palestine. 
Plin. —— IT Also, a city and harbor in 
Bceotia, opposite Euboea. Ovid. - 
IT Also, a harbor in Argolis, on the Sa¬ 
ronic gulf. Plin. -IT From Anthedon, 
the town in Bceotia, comes Anthedoni- 
us, a, um, adj. of or pertaining to the 
same. Stat. 
ANTHEMIS (avdepis), Tdis, f. the herb 
chamomile. Plin. 
ANTHEMUM (avBepov), i, n. an herb sup¬ 
posed to be of the species saxifrage. Plin. 
SNTHeRX (dvOypos, floridus), ®, f. a 
composition or medicine made from flowers. 
_ Cels. 
aNTI-IERICQS (dvQcpixog), i, m. the stalk 
of the daffodil. Plin. 
9 
aNTHIaS, ffi, m. avSias, a certain fish. 
Plin. 
ANTHINES ( dvdivo;), a, um, adj. made 
of flowers. Plin. Anthinum me!, honey 
gathered in the spring from the early 
flowers. 
aNTIIOLOGICX ( dvOoXoyixa, from duBng, 
flos, and X6yos, sermo), drum, & Gr. on, 
n. Libri Anthologicon, books containing 
choice sentiments, collected from various 
sources. Plin. 
ANTHRAX (dvBpa\, coal), Xcis, m. 
mountain cinnabar in its rude state, so 
called from resembling burning coal. Vi- 
truv. -IT Also, a carbuncle, a red spot 
or pimple, an ulcer. JEucil. Mac. —— 
IT Hence, AnthrXcias, ®, m. and Xn- 
thrXcltTs, Tdis, f. a gem resembling a 
burning coal, a carbuncle. Solin. and 
Plin.— —IT Also, Anthracites, ®, m. 
a sort of blood stone. Plin. ——— IT Also, 
Anthr&cTnus, a, um, adj. coal-black. 
Varro. 
ANTHRISCES, i, f. and aNTIIRISCUM 
(ai /Bpiaxov), i, n. an herb like scandix or 
rhmul Phi}. 
aNTHROPSGRXPHCS (aoBpuiiro; and 
rfld^co), i, m. a portrait painter. Plin. 
aNTHRoPOLXTRX ((Mlpwrros and Aa- 
3 rpevco), ®, m. a man-worshipper. Cod. 
Just. 
aNTHRuPOPHXGES (dvBporxog and 
(payee), i, m. a man-eater, cannibal, one 
who feeds on human flesh. Some Scythi¬ 
an tribes are thus called by Plin. 
aNTHOS ( dodos ), i,m. a small bird; prob¬ 
ably, Motacilla flava, L., the spring 
wagtail. Plin. 
ANTHyLLION (dvBvXXiov), ii, n. an herb 
like a lentil, good against obstructions in 
the urinary passages, and fur stanching 
blood. Plin. 
aNTIIyLLIS (avOvXXig), Tdis, f. an herb 
like ground-ivy, avOvXXis. Plin. 
aNTHyPOPHORX (di'riandii7ro0£pto), > ®, 
f. a figure in rhetoric, wherein the objec¬ 
tions that an adversary may start are antici¬ 
pated, dvSvTroipnpa. Senec. 
aNTIAS (ante), arum, I. forelocks. Apul. 
ANTIANUS, ANTIAS, ANTIATINUS. 
See Antium. 
aNTIBaCCHIES (duriPaKxcTog), sc. pes, 
3 afoot in verse, the opposite of bacchius, 
consisting of two long syllables and one 
short. Some grammarians make it to 
consist of one short and two long syl¬ 
lables. 
ANTIBOREUM, sc. horologium ( ivriftc- 
peiov, facing the north point, looking to¬ 
wards the north), a kind of dial. Vitruv. 
XNTICXT5, onis, m. Ciesar's Reply to 
Cicero's Treatise in praise of Cato. Gell. 
and Juvenal. 
ANTTCHTH5NES (aim and x$uv), um, 
m. those people, who, living on the other 
side of the globe, have their feet exactly 
opposite to ours; antipodes, dvrix^outs, 
same as Antipodes. Plin. 
ANTICIPATI5 (anticipo), onis, f. antici¬ 
pation, notion or apprehension of a thing 
previous to inquiry, TTpdXqipig. Cic. - 
IT Also, a figure of speech in which some¬ 
thing is anticipated ; prolepsis. Jul. Rvfin. 
XNTICIP5 (ante & capio), as, avi, atum, 
a. and n. 1 . to take before, preoccupy, 
take by the forelock, get the start of, 
wpoXapPavot, ante capio, prscipio, ante 
occupo, anteverto. Cic. Anticipare rei 
molestiam. Sueton. Anticipare mortem. 
Stat. viam.-IT Also, to come before, 
anticipate, prevent. Plin. Venti uno die 
anticipates. Lucrct. Sol anticipat. 
Varr. apud Non. Anticipate, atqne 
addite calcar. - IT Also, to excel. 
Anson. . 
aNTICOS (ante)., a, um, adj. fore, in the 
1 fore part, before, straight before. Cic. 
ANTICYPRIOS. See Cyprios. 
aNTICyRX, ®, f. a city in Phoas, called 
also Anticyrrha. Plin. -1 r Also, an 
island in the JEgean sea, in the Malian 
gulf, where hellebore grew in abundance, 
the juice of which was used in cases of 
madness, <fyc. Horat. ambitiosus, et au- 
dax Naviget Anticyram. Pers. Anticy- 
ras melior sorbere meracas, hellebore. 
aNTIDES, is, for anteco, is. Plaut. 
AxNTIDHaC, before, aforetime, formerly, 
same as antehac. Plaut. 
ANTID5TUM (di/r! and SlSwpi), i, n. 
2 and ANTIDOTES, i, f. an antidote, jne- 
65 
servalive against poison, medicine to ex¬ 
pel poison, counter-poison. Phwdr. and 
Cels, 
ANTIENSIS. See Antium. 
aNTIGONe, es,or aNTIGONX, ®, f. ’Ay- 
Tiydvq, daughter of CEdipus, king of 
Thebes, sister of Eteocles and Polynices, pul 
to death by Cr on, because, contrary to his 
orders, she had buried the body of Polyni- 
ccs (or the bodies of both brothers). Juve¬ 
nal. -IT Also, a sister of Priam. Ovid. 
aNTILIBXNOS, i, m. 'AvriYJjavos, a 
mountain of Syria or Phoenicia, opposite 
Libanus, whence its name. Cic. 
aNTIL&CHOS, i, m. ’ AvtiXoxos, the el¬ 
der son of Nestor, slain in the Trojan 
war. Juvenal and Hor. 
aNTIMETXBOLe (ami and jierapaXXoi), 
3 es, f. a figure in rhetoric, in which the 
same words are repeated in the same sen¬ 
tence, but in an opposite connection, and thus 
conveying a different idea Isidor. 
aNTINOMIX (avri and v6yog), a, f. a 
contradiction between two laws, or two 
clauses in the same laic. Quintil. 
aNTI&CHeNSIS, e, adj. of Antioch. Ta¬ 
cit. - 11 Of king Antiochus. Val. 
Max. 
aNTIOCHeNES, a, um, adj. relating to 
Antioch. Venant. Fortun. -IT Also, of 
king Antiochus. Gell. 
ANTIoUHeOS, a, um, adj. Antiochean, re¬ 
lating to the philosopher Antiochus._ Cic. 
aNTiScHiX (Antiochus), or aNTI- 
OCHeX, ®, f. Antioch, 'Avribxcia : there 
were many ancient cities of this name; the 
most celebrated of which was in Syria, on 
the Orontes, founded by Antiochus, the 
father of Seleucus. Cic. 
aNTIOCHIeNSIS, e, adj. pertaining to 
Antioch in Macedonia. Plin. 
aNTIOCHINOS, a, um, adj. relating te 
Antiochus, the philosopher. Cic. 
aNTIOCHIOS, a, um, adj. relating to An 
tioch. Plin _IT Also, relating to tk~ 
philosopher Antiochus. Cic. 
aNTIOCIIES, i, m. many kings of Syria 
■ -IT Also, a philosopher. Cic. 
aNTIOPX, ®, f. ’Avti6t:t], daughter o, 
Nictcus, and mother of Amphion and Zc 
thus, by whom she was avenged, whet 
persecuted by Dirce. Propert. -IT Oth¬ 
ers of the same name. 
aNTIPXTHeS (dvriiraOiis), is, f. a kind 
of black stone, not transparent, and said 
to be aood against witchcraft. Plin. 
aNTIPXTHIX (dvrirddua), ffi, f. a nat¬ 
ural aversion or repugnance, antip^Jiy. 
Plin. 
aNTIPHXTeS, ®, m. ’Avriddrys, a cruel 
king of the Lcestrygones, who slcis and 
ate his guests. Ovid. - IT AIfd, a 
son of Sarpcdon. Virg. 
aNTIPIIeRNX (avri and Qepvri, a dow- 
3 ry), drum, n. plur. presents made by the 
bridegroom to his bride in lieu of her por¬ 
tion, a jointure, TddvTiQcpva. Justinian. 
Cod. 
aNTIPHRXSIS (avri and typa^w), is, f. 
a figure of speech, in which words arc 
used in a sense opposite to their proper 
and received meaning, dvrifltpams. _ Hie- 
ronym. -IT Also, a kind of irony 
Quintil.. 
ANTIPODES (dvri and rovs), um, m. 
the inhabitants of that part of the globe 
which is directly opposite to us, the antip¬ 
odes, dvTiTroScs, dvrix^ove;. Cic. —- 
IT Also, figur. of persons who turn day 
into night and night into day. Senec. 
aNTIPOLIS, is, f. Antibes, a city in Gal¬ 
lia Narbonensis. Plin. —— IT Hence, 
Antipolitanus, a, um, adj. Antipolitan, 
pertaining to Antipolis. Martial. 
aNTIPTOSIS (avri and riii-rco), is, f. c. 
3 figure in grammar, by which one case is 
put for another, , avrijrrwinj. Serv. 
ANTIQUARIES (antiquus), a, um, adj 
2 relating to antiquity. Hieron. Antiqua- 
ria ars” Ii. e. the art of reading and copy¬ 
ing ancient writings. -V Antiquarius, 
ii, m. subst. a lover of antiquity, of an- 
cientwords, writings, &c. Sueton. -Also 
a transcriber of ancient manuscripts , a 
copyist, Sec. Cod. Thcod. IT Anti- 
quaria, ffi, f. subst. a female antiquary, 
one who employs herself about ancient 
writings. Juvenal. 
ANTIQUaTIS (antiquo), onis, f. a re- 
3 pealing or disannulling of a law; a do- 
in a- away of the venalty formerly affixed tit 
