antes

antes, ium, m. [etym. unc., perh. from ante, as before, over against, one another],

rows , e. g. of vines, Verg. G. 2, 417, cf. Paul. ex. Fest. p. 16 Müll.—Also of plants, Col. 10, 376.—Of ranks of soldiers, Cato ap. Philarg. ad Verg. G. 2, 417.