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Latin
Etymology
From ante- + *cellō (“to rise”), a lost verb whose participle is celsus, from Proto-Indo-European *kelH- (“to rise”) (whence collis, columen etc.).
Pronunciation
Verb
antecellō (present infinitive antecellere); third conjugation, no perfect or supine stems
- to surpass, excel
- to prevail over
Conjugation
- The passive is non-Classical.
References
- “antecello”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “antecello”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- antecello in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.