antĕrĭor, ōris, adj. comp. [ante] (only in late Lat.),
that is before , foremost : pars. Amm. 16, 8; 25, 3.—Of time, previous , former , anterior : litterae tuae, Symm. Ep. 6, 59: reges, Sulp. Sev. Hist. Sacr. 1, 52 al.— * Adv.: antĕrĭus , before , Sid. Ep. 2, 9.