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Latin
Etymology
Perfect passive participle of antecēdō.
Participle
antecessus (feminine antecessa, neuter antecessum); first/second-declension participle
- preceded
- 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