antehac Latin · revision 34095

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=compound|attested=204–169 BC, Ennius}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [anˈtʰaːk], [anˈtaːk]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [anˈtak], [anˈtak]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''antehāc''' (not comparable)^(Wiktionary)

+ The old form ''antidhāc'' is frequent in Plautus.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(TLL)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is a compound of [[m|la|ante|t=before]] and the adverb [[m|la|hāc|t=by this way]], from [[m|la|hic|t=this]].^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(Wiktionary)^(Köbler 2010) The old form ⟨antidhāc⟩ has the same ⟨antid-⟩ as ⟨antideā⟩ for [[antea|alt=anteā]].^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler dates it from Ennius,^(Köbler 2010) whose ''Annals'' speak of minds that used to stand upright before this time.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It means before this time, up till now, and in the past, before now; also before then.^(OLD 2012) Plautus often has the old form ''antidhāc'';^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(TLL) he also uses ''antehāc'' when a character says they had not seen before now fathers become the rivals of their sons at the pimps'.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 204–169 BC – Ennius, before this time.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus in the form ''antidhāc''.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(TLL)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adverb===

+ # Before this time, up till now, [[m|en|previously]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # In the past, [[m|en|formerly]]; before then.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[antea|alt=anteā]]

+ * [[posthac|alt=posthāc]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}