antea

Ido

Etymology

ante +‎ -a

Adjective

antea

1. former, preceding, previous, prior, last, aforegoing, anterior

Related terms

• antee (“previously, before, heretofore”)
• ante-

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Latin

Alternative forms

• (more archaic) antideā

Etymology

From ante (“before”) + ea (“these things”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈan.te.aː/, [ˈän̪t̪eäː]

• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈan.te.a/, [ˈän̪t̪eä]

Adverb

anteā (not comparable)

1. before, beforehand
2. formerly, previously

Antonyms

• (before): posteā

Descendants

• Italian: anzi

See also

• antehāc

References

• “antea”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “antea”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• antea in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• antea in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.