(v. n.P. a.P. a.) : antĕ-cēdo, cessi, cessum, 3, v. n.
* To gobefore, precede (in space), to take the lead, get the start; with dat., acc., or absol.
* Lit.
* With dat.: ubi ambitionem virtuti videas antecedere, Titin. ap. Non. 499, 8: si huic rei illa antecedit, huic non antecedit,Cic. Top. 23.
* Fig.
* Absol.: magnis itineribus antecessit,Caes. B. G. 7, 35; Liv. 2, 6; Vell. 1, 4, 1: antecedente famā,Liv. 5, 37, 6: antecedens scelestus, * Hor. C. 3, 2, 31.
* To precede, in time: haec (dies) ei antecessit, * Ter. Phorm. 3, 2, 40: exercitatio semper antecedere cibum debet,Cels. 1, 2.
* To have the precedence of any one, to excel, surpass; with dat. and acc. (cf. Rudd. II. p. 136).
* With dat.: virtute regi antecesseris,Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 118: quantum natura hominis pecudibus antecedit,Cic. Off. 1, 30, 105; so id. Brut. 21, 82.
* With acc. of person or thing and abl. or abl. with in: scientiā atque usu nauticarum rerum ceteros antecedunt,Caes. B. G. 3, 8: nemo eum in amicitiā antecessit,Nep. Alcib. 9, 3: maltha duritiam lapidis antecedens,Plin. 36, 24, 58, § 18.
* Antĕcēdens, entis, P. a.
* In gen.: hora,Cic. ad Octav. 3: annus,Plin. 13, 8, 16, § 59; so Suet. Tib. 5.
* Antĕces-sus, a, um, P. a., that goes before; only in the connection, in antecessum dare, solvere, accipere, etc.; t. t., to give, pay, receive, etc., beforehand, in advance (postAug.): in antecessum dabo,Sen. Ep. 118: accipere,id. ib. 7: reponere,id. Ben. 4, 32: praedam dividere,Flor. 4, 12, 24 al.

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