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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Plautus|origins=la cēdō}}
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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA (Classical): [an.tɛˈkeː.doː]^(Wiktionary)
+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [an.teˈt͡ʃɛː.do]^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Forms==
+ '''antecēdō''' (present infinitive antecēdere, perfect active antecessī, supine antecessum); third conjugation^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Etymology==
+ It is from [[ante-]] “before” and [[cēdō]] “to go”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ The OLD's earliest citation is from Plautus, of surpassing in quality.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ It meant to go before, precede, as Cicero's ''lictōrēs antecēdēbant'' “the lictors walked in front”, and to arrive first; in Pliny the Elder it meant to lie in front.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) In Cicero ''aetāte antecēdere'' meant to be older, and in Seneca it meant to come earlier in time and to forestall.^(OLD 2012) In Cicero it meant to be larger, and in Plautus to surpass, excel.^(OLD 2012)
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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant to go ahead, go before, surpass.^(Stelten 1995) It survives in Italian ''antecedere'' and Spanish ''anteceder'', and gave [[en|antecede]] in the early 15th century; its participle ''antecēdēns'' gave [[en|antecedent]] in the late 14th century, as a term of grammar and logic.^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it of surpassing.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of going before.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 4 BC–65 AD – Seneca uses it of time.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * late 14th century – English ''antecedent'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Verb===
+ # To go before, [[m|en|precede]]; to arrive first.^(OLD 2012)
+ # To lie in front.^(OLD 2012)
+ # To come earlier; to be older; to forestall.^(OLD 2012)
+ # To surpass, [[m|en|excel]].^(OLD 2012)
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+ ==Word family==
+ * [[antecessor]]
+ * [[antecessiō]]
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+ ==Related words==
+ * [[cēdō]]
+ * [[en|antecedent]]
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}