νέῳ δὲ σιγᾶν μᾶλλον ἢ λαλεῖν πρέπει → it's fitting for a young man to keep silence rather than to speak (Menander)
Vortritt, prior locus. – den V. vor jmd. haben, alci antecedere: jmdm. den V. (vor mir) lassen, alqm eo locoire, quo ipse consuevi, iubere.