Oxford Latin Dictionary
Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, 137.ante on page 137
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ante before
ante is a Latin Preposition that primarily means before.
Definitions for ante
Wheelock's Latin
Preposition
- 1
+acc., before (in place or time, in front of; adv., before previously; not to be confused with Greek anti, against
English derivatives:
antebellum antedate ante-room anterior antediluvian A.M. = ante merīdiem advance advantage
Oxford Latin Dictionary
Adverb
- 1
In front of one, in front.
- 2
(w. vbs. of motion) before, in advance, ahead. (b) in a forward direction, forwards.
Preposition
- 1
Before, in front of (a place, structure, etc.). (b) (of motion) before, in front of.
- 2
Before (a person), in the presence of, in front of. (b) ~ oculus (+gen. or dat.), before one's eyes, in full view of, plainly; ~ oculus ponere, to describe graphically, picture to oneself; ~ oculos uersari, to be vividly imagined; ~ ora, before the eyes of, in the presence of; ~ pedes, before one's feet, right in front of one, at hand, obvious: see OCVLVS, OS, PES.
- 3
To a position in front of, out in front of.
- 4
Before in order or position, before one comes to.
- 5
-Before (a stated time or date), by. (b) (in indications of date). (c) ~ diem, tempus, etc., before the right or due time, too soon, prematurely.
Sentences with ante
Latin to English
Noenum rumores ponebat ante salutem; ergo postque magisque viri nunc gloria claret.Compare He never put rumors before our safety; and so today his glory shines the brighter.
Ante diem viii Īdūs Mārtiās.Compare On the eight day before the Ides of March.
Ante oculos stabat quidquid promiserat annus.Compare The whole promise of the year was standing before our eyes.
Data sources
Notes
- Definitions
- Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 85.
- P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 137.
- Word frequencies
- Christopher Francese, "Latin Core Vocabulary," Dickinson College Commentaries, last modified 2014, http://dcc.dickinson.edu.
- Paul B. Diederich, The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings, PhD diss., (Columbia University, 1939).
- Louis Delatte, Suzanne Govaerts, Joseph Denooz, and Etienne Evrard, Dictionnaire fréquentiel et index inverse de la langue latine [Frequency Dictionary and Inverse Index of the Latin Language] (Liège, Belgium: Laboratoire d'analyse statistique des langues anciennes de l'Université de Liège [L.A.S.L.A.], 1981): 120.
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Diederich, Paul B. The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings. PhD diss., Columbia University, 1939.
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Citation
Chicago (17th ed.)
Allo Contributors. "ante (prep.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified . Accessed November 23, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/ante.
Entry created on . Last updated on .
Wheelock's Latin
Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 85.ante on page 85
