antecessio

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

antĕcessĭo, ōnis, f. [antecedo].

I A going before , preceding : quae in orbibus conversiones antecessionesque eveniunt, Cic. Tim. 10.—

II That which goes before , the antecedent cause , as opp. to the final cause (perh. only in Cic.): homo causas rerum videt earumque progressus et quasi antecessiones non ignorat, and understands their course forwards and backwards , i. e. can reason from cause to effect and from effect to cause, Cic. Off. 1, 4, 11: consecutio, antecessio, repugnantia, id. Top. 13.

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