antĕ-ĕo, īvi or ii, īre, v. n. (old form antĭdeo = anteeo, like antidea for antea, Plaut. Cist. 2, 1, 3; antidit = anteit, id. Trin. 2, 4, 145 Ritschl. In verse the e in ante blends with the foll. e or i, per synaloephen, into one syll.; hence, anteire trisyl., Lucr. 4, 139; cf. Hor. C. 1, 35, 17; id. Ep. 1, 2, 70 al.; later we find the sync. forms: pres. subj. antēat, Ov. A. A. 2, 726; fut. antībo, Tac. A. 5, 6; pluperf. subj. antīssent, id. ib. 3, 69; inf. antīsse, id. ib. 4, 40).
I In space, to go before , precede , to take the lead; with dat., acc., or absol.
a With dat.: interdum montes Montibus anteire (videntur), Lucr. 4, 139: praetoribus anteeunt, Cic. Agr. 2, 34.—
b With acc.: te anteit necessitas, Hor. C. 1, 35, 17.—
c Absol. : barbarum jubebat anteire, Cic. Off. 2, 7, 25; so Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 70; Liv. 1, 59; Tac. A. 3, 69; Suet. Caes. 57; id. Aug. 64. —
II Trop.
A To go before : anteibit faciem tuam justitia, * Vulg. Isa. 58, 8.—
B To excel , surpass any one: virtus omnibus rebus anteit, Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 18: Qui omnīs homines supero atque antideo cruciabilitatibus animi, id. Cist. 2, 1, 3: aliquem sapientiā, Ter. Phorm. 247: alicui aetate, Cic. Phil. 9, 1; id. Tusc. 1, 3, 5: aliquem virtutibus, Nep. Thras. 1, 3: aetatem meam honoribus vestris anteistis, Liv. 38, 51: candore nives, cursibus auras, Verg. A. 12, 84 al.— Pass. : se aequales tui, abs te anteiri putant, Cic. Sull. 8: a deterioribus honore anteiri, Sen. Cons. ad Marc. 3; Tac. H. 2, 101.—More rare,
C To anticipate , prevent any thing : damnationem anteiit, Tac. A. 6, 29; id. ib. 15, 38.—
D To oppose , resist : auctoritati parentis, Tac. A. 5, 3.—*
E Poet., to know beforehand , to foreknow : quid vellet crastinus Auster, Anteibat, Sil. 14, 455.