ăbante [ab-ante, like Incircum, insuper, etc.; cf. also the Heb. and the Engl. from before]. Prep. with abl.,
I from before : abante oculis parentis 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.