abante

ab-ante(ital. avanti, französ. avant), als Praep. m. Acc., vor etw. weg, ab. faciem, Itala levit. 19, 32: ab. eum, Itala Nahum 1, 5 oder als Adv., vorweg, Firm. math. 2, 22.‡ ăbante[ab-ante, like Incircum, insuper, etc.; cf. also the Heb. [??] and the Engl. from before]. I. Prep. with abl., from before: abante oculis parcntis rapuerunt nymphae, away before the eyes of the father, Inscr. Grut. 717, 11. II. Adv., before: ne (quis) abante aliam (arcam) ponat, Inscr. Orell. 4396.

[Georges 1913] [Lewis/Short]