verb transitive

antĕ-verto

2nd PP antĕ-vertere · 3rd PP antĕ-verti · 4th PP antĕ-vertsum · conj. 3rd

(archaic ), , (as

to place one's self before; to go; come before

dep antevortar, Plaut. Bacch. 3, 5, 1), to place one's self before, to go or come before, to precede.

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Lit.: maerores antevortunt gaudiis, Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 60: stella tum antevertens, tum subsequens, Cic. N. D. 2, 20, 53: itaque antevertit, id. Mil. 17.—

figuratively

To anticipate •

To anticipate: miror, ubi ego huic antevorterim, * Ter. Eun. 4, 5, 12: mihi Fannius antevertit, Cic. Am. 4, 16: damnationem veneno, Tac. A. 13, 30.—

To prefer; to place before •

To prefer, to place before: rebus aliis antevortar, ut, etc., Plaut. Bacch. 3, 5, 1: Caesar omnibus consiliis antevertendum existimavit, ut, etc., Caes. B. G. 7, 7 (where omnibus consiliis are not, as Herz. ad h. l. supposes, the abl., but analog. to rebus aliis in the preced. example, in the dat., e. g.: prae omnibus aliis consiliis id efficiendum existimavit ut, etc., Fr.).

Perseus ID: n2808 Key: anteverto