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Ido
Etymology
From ante + -a.
Pronunciation
Adjective
antea
- former, preceding, previous, prior, last, aforegoing, anterior
Related terms
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
From ante (“before”) + ea (“these things”).
Pronunciation
Adverb
anteā (not comparable)
- before, beforehand
- Antonym: posteā
- formerly, previously
Descendants
See also
References
- “antea”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “antea”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- antea in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- antea in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.