antecello

Latin

Etymology

From ante- +‎ *cellō (“to rise”), a lost verb whose participle is celsus, from Proto-Indo-European *kelH- (“to rise”) (whence collis, columen etc.).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /an.teˈkel.loː/, [än̪t̪ɛˈkɛlːʲoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /an.teˈt͡ʃel.lo/, [än̪t̪eˈt͡ʃɛlːo]

Verb

antecellō (present infinitive antecellere); third conjugation, no perfect or supine stems

1. to surpass, excel
2. to prevail over

Conjugation

• The passive is non-Classical.

   Conjugation of antecellō (third conjugation, no supine stem, no perfect stem)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	antecellō		antecellis		antecellit		antecellimus		antecellitis		antecellunt
	imperfect	antecellēbam		antecellēbās		antecellēbat		antecellēbāmus		antecellēbātis		antecellēbant
	future	antecellam		antecellēs		antecellet		antecellēmus		antecellētis		antecellent
passive	present	antecellor		antecelleris, antecellere		antecellitur		antecellimur		antecelliminī		antecelluntur
	imperfect	antecellēbar		antecellēbāris, antecellēbāre		antecellēbātur		antecellēbāmur		antecellēbāminī		antecellēbantur
	future	antecellar		antecellēris, antecellēre		antecellētur		antecellēmur		antecellēminī		antecellentur
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	antecellam		antecellās		antecellat		antecellāmus		antecellātis		antecellant
	imperfect	antecellerem		antecellerēs		antecelleret		antecellerēmus		antecellerētis		antecellerent
passive	present	antecellar		antecellāris, antecellāre		antecellātur		antecellāmur		antecellāminī		antecellantur
	imperfect	antecellerer		antecellerēris, antecellerēre		antecellerētur		antecellerēmur		antecellerēminī		antecellerentur
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		antecelle		—		—		antecellite		—
	future	—		antecellitō		antecellitō		—		antecellitōte		antecelluntō
passive	present	—		antecellere		—		—		antecelliminī		—
	future	—		antecellitor		antecellitor		—		—		antecelluntor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		antecellere			antecellī			antecellēns			—
future		—			—			—			antecellendus, antecellundus
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		antecellendī		antecellendō		antecellendum		antecellendō		—		—

Related terms

• excellō
• praecellō

References

• “antecello”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “antecello”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• antecello in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.