verb transitive

antĭ-cĭpo

2nd PP antĭ-cĭpāre · 3rd PP antĭ-cĭpāvi · 4th PP antĭ-cĭpātum · conj. 1st

ante-capio.

To take before; before; to anticipate

To take before one or before the time, to anticipate something.

With acc.: vigilias, Vulg. Psa. 76, 5: nos, ib. ib. 78, 8: ita est informatum… ••

With acc.: vigilias, Vulg. Psa. 76, 5: nos, ib. ib. 78, 8: ita est informatum anticipatumque mentibus nostris, etc., already known, innate, Cic. N. D. 1, 27, 76 (cf. anticipatio; B. and K. here reject anticipatumque): qui anticipes ejus rei molestiam, quam triduo sciturus sis, id. Att. 8, 14: anticipata via, travelled over before, Ov. M. 3, 234: mortem, Suet. Tib. 61: saeculares anticipati (i. e. justo maturius editi), id. Claud. 21 al.—

With inf. (eccl. Lat.): anticipemus facere pacem, Vulg. 1 Macc. 10, 4.— •

With inf. (eccl. Lat.): anticipemus facere pacem, Vulg. 1 Macc. 10, 4.—

to anticipate absol •

Absol., to anticipate: sol Anticipat caelum radiis accendere temptans, Lucr. 5, 658; Varr. ap. Non. p. 70, 13: venti uno die anticipantes, Plin. 2, 47, 47, § 122.—*

To surpass; excel •

To surpass, excel: alicujus acumen, Aus. Ep. 4, 69 (by conj. of Salmas.).

Perseus ID: n2850 Key: anticipo