ab ante

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See also: Abante

Latin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From ab (“away from”) +‎ ante (“before”).

Adverb[edit]

ab ante (not comparable) (Late Latin)

  1. (proscribed) in front, before

Preposition[edit]

ab ante (+ accusative) (Late Latin)

  1. (proscribed) away from before, in front of, before
    • c. 3rd–4th century CE, Vetus Latina, Genesis 3:8; republished as Bonifatius Fischer, editor, Vetus Latina. Die Reste der altlateinischen Bibel, volume 1, 1949, page 63:
      et absconderunt se Adam et mulier eius abante faciem Domini Dei
      and Adam and his wife hid themselves away from before the face of God
    • 5th c. CE, Sergius (grammarian)[1]
      Nemo enim dicit de post forum, nemo enim ab ante.
      Nobody [who speaks correctly] says 'de post the forum', nor 'ab ante' it.

Descendants[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Herman, József. 2000. Vulgar Latin. Translated by Wright, Roger. University Park: Pennsylvania State University Press. Page 26.

Further reading[edit]

  • “abante”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • abante 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)
  • abante in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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