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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=compound|attested=Tacitus|origins=ine-pro *gʰh₁b-}}
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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA (Classical): [an.teˈ(ɦ)a.be.oː]^(Wiktionary)
+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [an.teˈaː.be.o]^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Forms==
+ '''antehabeō''' (present infinitive antehabēre, perfect active antehabuī, supine antehabitum); second conjugation^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Etymology==
+ It is [[af|la|ante-|habeō|t1=before|t2=to have, hold]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan traces ⟨habeō⟩ to [[itc-pro|*xab-ē-|t=has taken, has]], from [[ine-pro|*gʰh₁b-|t=to take]].^(de Vaan 2008)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ Lewis & Short and Gaffiot cite Tacitus' ''Annals'', ''incrēdibilia vērīs antehabēre'' “to prefer the incredible to the true” and ''vetera novīs'' “the old to the new”.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016) Köbler dates Tacitus 98–115 AD.^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ It meant to prefer, as in Tacitus, and also to have previously.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * 98–115 AD – Tacitus uses it.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Verb===
+ # To have previously.^(OLD 2012)
+ # To [[m|en|prefer]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)
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+ ==Related words==
+ * [[habeō]]
+ * [[posthabeō]]
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}