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antĕ-ĕo , īvi or ii, īre, v. n. (old form antĭdeo = anteeo, like antidea for antea, Plaut. Cist. 2, 1, 3;
I.“antidit = anteit,” id. Trin. 2, 4, 145 Ritschl. In verse the e in ante blends with the foll. e or i, per synaloephen, into one syll.; “hence, anteire trisyl.,” Lucr. 4 [141]; cf. Hor. C. 1, 35, 17; id. Ep. 1, 2, 70 al.; later we find the sync. forms: pres. subj. antēat, Ov. A. A. 2, 726; fut. antībo, Tac. A. 5, 6; pluperf. subj. antīssent, id. ib. 3, 69; inf. antīsse, id. ib. 4, 40).
I. In space, to go before, precede, to take the lead; with dat., acc., or absol.
a. With dat.: “interdum montes Montibus anteire (videntur),” Lucr. 4 [141]: “praetoribus anteeunt,” Cic. Agr. 2, 34.—
b. With acc.: “te anteit necessitas,” Hor. C. 1, 35, 17.—
c. Absol.: “barbarum jubebat anteire,” Cic. Off. 2, 7, 25; so Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 70; Liv. 1, 59; Tac. A. 3, 69; Suet. Caes. 57; id. Aug. 64. —
II. Trop.
A. To go before: anteibit faciem tuam justitia, * Vulg. Isa. 58, 8.—
B. To excel, surpass any one: “virtus omnibus rebus anteit,” Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 18: “Qui omnīs homines supero atque antideo cruciabilitatibus animi,” id. Cist. 2, 1, 3: “aliquem sapientiā,” Ter. Phorm. 2, 1, 17: “alicui aetate,” Cic. Phil. 9, 1; id. Tusc. 1, 3, 5: “aliquem virtutibus,” Nep. Thras. 1, 3: “aetatem meam honoribus vestris anteistis,” Liv. 38, 51: “candore nives, cursibus auras,” Verg. A. 12, 84 al.—Pass.: “se aequales tui, abs te anteiri putant,” Cic. Sull. 8: “a deterioribus honore anteiri,” Sen. Cons. ad Marc. 3; Tac. H. 2, 101.—More rare,
C. To anticipate, prevent any thing: “damnationem anteiit,” Tac. A. 6, 29; id. ib. 15, 38.—
D. To oppose, resist: “auctoritati parentis,” Tac. A. 5, 3.—*
E. Poet., to know beforehand, to foreknow: “quid vellet crastinus Auster, Anteibat,” Sil. 14, 455.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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    • Cicero, On the Agrarian Law, 2.34
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    • Vergil, Aeneid, 12.84
    • Old Testament, Isaiah, 58.8
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    • Cornelius Nepos, Thrasybulus, 1.3
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 38, 51
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 1, 59
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