antepono Latin · revision 9467

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=compound|attested=Plautus|origins=la ante, la pōnō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [an.tɛˈpoː.noː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [an.teˈpɔː.no]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''antepōnō''' (present infinitive antepōnere, perfect active anteposuī or anteposīvī, supine antepositum or antepostum); third conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[ante-]] “before” and [[pōnō]] “to place”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citation is from Plautus, of preferring.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant to place in front, as in Tacitus, who has the knights' seats placed before those of the people; to place before in time; to esteem more highly, prefer, as in Plautus and Cicero; and to give someone precedence, appoint, as in Cicero.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant to place before, prefer.^(Stelten 1995) It survives in Italian ''anteporre'' and Spanish ''anteponer''.^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it of preferring.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of precedence.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 98–115 AD – Tacitus uses it of placing in front.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To place in front.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To place before in time.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To [[m|en|prefer]], esteem more highly.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To give precedence to.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[pōnō]]

+ * [[praepōnō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}