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|lshtext=<b>antĕā</b>:<br /><b>I</b> temp. adv. (old form * antidĕā or anteidĕā, MS., Liv. 22, 10, 6; v. Neue, Formenl. II. p. 680) [[ante]]-eā [[like]] antehāc, posteā, posthāc, proptereā, quāpropter, etc., in [[which]] Corssen, Ausspr. I. p. 769, regards the pron. as an old acc. [[with]] the a [[final]] [[long]]; Key, Gr. § 802, regards these suffixes as [[corrupted]] from the acc. of pronouns in -am; cf. [[quam]], of [[some]] ([[past]] or pres.) [[time]], [[before]], [[formerly]], earlier, aforetime, in [[time]] [[past]], etc. ([[relative]]; [[while]] [[antehac]] demonstr. is used [[only]] in ref. to [[present]] [[time]]. The [[use]] of [[antea]] for [[prius]] is censured by [[Atticus]] in Cic. Att. 15, 13).<br /><b>I</b> Absol.: nam [[antea]] Quī scire posses aut [[ingenium]] noscere? Ter. And. 1, 1, 25: [[antea]], cum [[equester]] [[ordo]] judicaret, improbi et rapaces [[magistratus]] in provinciis inserviebant publicanis, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 41: ac fuit [[antea]] [[tempus]], cum, etc., Caes. B. G. 6, 24: cum [[antea]] [[semper]] [[factiosus]] fuisset, Nep. Lys. 1, 3: et [[antea]] [[laudatus]] et hoc tempore laudandus, Cic. Phil. 10, 6, 13; so id. Fam. 12, 30; 13, 17 al.: hunc audiebant [[antea]], [[nunc]] praesentem vident, etc., id. Imp. Pomp. 5; so id. Verr. 2, 3, 57; id. Fam. 9, 16; Liv. 5, 17; 13, 41 al.: si [[antea]] fuit ignotum, [[nuper]] est cognitum, Cic. Off. 2, 7, 23: quales [[antea]] fuerant, Vulg. Ex. 34, 4; ib. Jer. 36, 32; ib. Luc. 23, 12 et saep.—<br /><b>II</b> Freq. opp. to [[postea]], [[post]], [[posthac]], tum, [[tunc]], etc.: et clari fuerunt, et [[antea]] fuerant, nec [[postea]] defecerunt, Cic. Or. 2, 6; so id. Fam. 1, 9, 74; Suet. Dom. 2: hanc consuetudinem jam [[antea]] minuebamus, [[post]] Sullae victoriam [[penitus]] amisimus, Cic. Off. 2, 8, 27; so id. Att. 1, 11: non accusabimur [[posthac]]: [[neque]] [[antea]] neglegentes fuimus, id. ib. 7, 3: [[semper]] [[ille]] [[antea]] cum uxore, tum [[sine]] eā, id. Mil. 21; so Liv. 23, 19; so, [[antea]] ... [[tunc]], id. 29, 9.—<br /><b>III</b> Rarely for [[ante]] followed by [[deinde]], mox, etc.: clipeis [[antea]] Romani usi sunt, [[deinde]] [[scuta]] pro clipeis fecere, [[formerly]], at an earlier [[period]] ... [[then]], in [[process]] of [[time]], etc., Liv. 8, 8: Poneropolis [[antea]], mox [[Philippopolis]], [[nunc]] [[Trimontium]] dicta, Plin. 4, 11, 18, § 41.—<br /> Rarely also for [[ante]], followed by [[quam]]: te [[antea]], [[quam]] [[tibi]] successum esset, decessurum fuisse, Cic. Fam. 3, 6, 2 B. and K.: Achaei non [[antea]] ausi capessere [[bellum]], [[quam]] ab Romā revertissent legati, Liv. 35, 25, 3 Weissenb.
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|gf=<b>antĕā</b>,⁷ adv. ([[ante]], eā, cf. antehāc), auparavant : Cic. Dej. 22 ; Pomp. 13, etc. &#124;&#124; suivi de [[quam]], avant que : Cic. Fam. 3, 6, 2 ; Dej. 30 ; Liv. 35, 25, 3, etc.||suivi de [[quam]], avant que : Cic. Fam. 3, 6, 2 ; Dej. 30 ; Liv. 35, 25, 3, etc.
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