antevenio
Λύπης ἰατρός ἐστιν ἀνθρώποις λόγος – For men reason is a healer of grief – Für Menschen ist der Trauer Arzt allein das Wort – Maeroris unica medicina oratio.
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
antē-vĕnĭo: vēni, ventum, 4, v. n.,
I to come before, get the start of, anticipate.
I Lit., with dat. or acc. (cf. Rudd. II. p. 137): temport, Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 66 (tempus, Claud. 23, 152): exercitum, Sall. J. 48, 2; so id. ib. 56, 2: consilia et insidias (hostium), to thwart, id. ib. 88, 2.—Pass.: omni tempore anteventum est, Cato ap. Non. p. 87, 17.—
II Trop., to exceed, surpass, excel (very rare): amor omnibus rebus antevenit, Plaut. Cas. 2, 3, 1: per virtutem nobilitatem, Sall. J. 4, 7.— Also, absol., to become greater, more distinguished: beneficia, ubi multum antevenere, Tac. A. 4, 18.
