antecello Latin · revision 9889

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=compound|attested=Cicero|origins=ine-pro *kelH-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [an.tɛˈkɛl.loː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [an.teˈt͡ʃɛl.lo]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''antecellō''' (present infinitive antecellere); third conjugation, no perfect or supine stems^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[ante-]] “before” and a lost verb ⟨*cellō⟩ “to rise”, whose participle is [[celsus]] “high”, from [[ine-pro|*kelH-|t=to rise]], the root of [[collis]] and [[columen]].^(Wiktionary)^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citations are from Cicero and the ''Rhetorica ad Herennium''.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Cicero 81–43 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Literally to project, it was used figuratively: to be prominent, surpass, excel, with a dative, an accusative or alone, as in Cicero; and to be stronger than, prevail over, as in Tacitus.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Lewis & Short note that the perfect and supine are not used.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant to excel, surpass, rise.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 86/82 BC – The ''Rhetorica ad Herennium'' uses it.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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

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

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To [[m|en|surpass]], [[m|en|excel]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # To be stronger than, prevail over.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[excellō]]

+ * [[praecellō]]

+ * [[celsus]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}