ab ante
See also: Abante
Latin
editEtymology
editFrom ab (“away from”) + ante (“before”).
Adverb
editab ante (not comparable) (Late Latin)
Preposition
editab ante (+ accusative) (Late Latin)
- (proscribed) away from before, in front of, before
- c. 3rd–4th century CE, Vetus Latina, Genesis 3:8; republished as Bonifatius Fischer, editor, Vetus Latina. Die Reste der altlateinischen Bibel, volume 1, 1949, page 63:
- et absconderunt se Adam et mulier eius abante faciem Domini Dei
- and Adam and his wife hid themselves away from before the face of God
- 5th c. CE, Sergius (grammarian)[1]
- Nemo enim dicit de post forum, nemo enim ab ante.
- Nobody [who speaks correctly] says 'de post the forum', nor 'ab ante' it.
Descendants
edit- Balkan Romance:
- Italo-Romance:
- North Italian:
- Gallo-Romance:
- Occitano-Romance:
- Vulgar Latin:
- *abanteāre (see there for further descendants)
- *abantius
References
edit- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “abante”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 24: Refonte A–Aorte, page 11
- ^ Herman, József. 2000. Vulgar Latin. Translated by Wright, Roger. University Park: Pennsylvania State University Press. Page 26.
Further reading
edit- “abante”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- abante 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)
- abante in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Categories:
- Latin terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Latin terms derived from Proto-Italic
- Latin terms inherited from Proto-Italic
- Latin terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- Latin compound terms
- Latin lemmas
- Latin adverbs
- Latin uncomparable adverbs
- Latin multiword terms
- Late Latin
- Latin proscribed terms
- Latin prepositions
- Latin accusative prepositions
- Latin terms with quotations
- Late Latin prepositional compounds