antecessus

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Latin

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of antecēdō.

Participle

antecessus (feminine antecessa, neuter antecessum); first/second-declension participle

  1. preceded
  2. excelled, surpassed

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

References

  • antecessus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • antecessus 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)
  • antecessus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • antecessus in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016