adverb
antehāc
antehāc (not comparable)
Classical[anˈtʰaːk]Ecclesiastical[anˈtak]
Meaning
- not comparablebefore now, formerly, previously, in the past
antĕ-hāc (old form antĭdhāc, like antidea for antea, and antideo for anteeo, Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 79; id. Aul. 2, 8, 26; id. Cas. prol. 88; id. Cist. 1, 1, 1; 1, 3, 50; id. Ep. 4, 1, 12; id. Bacch. 3, 6, 10; id. Ps. 1, 1, 14; 2, 2, 26; id. Poen. 3, 5, 7.—Antehac, dissyl., Hor. C. 1, 37, 5) [v. antea],
I. before this (present) time, formerly, aforetime, in time past, previously (demonstr.; on the contr. antea, before any fixed time, rel.; cf.
antea): quod antehac imperitabam, nunc te oro, Plaut. Capt. 2, 1, 47; id. Mil. 4, 8, 56: magis me benigne nunc salutas, quam antidhac, id. Poen. 3, 5, 7; Ter. And. 1, 2, 16: antehac sperare saltem licebat, nunc etiam id ereptum est, Cic. Fam. 12, 23, 6; Hor. C. 1, 37, 5: utque antehac flagitiis, ita tunc legibus laborabatur, Tac. A. 3, 25.—Sometimes for antea (rel.), before any specified time, earlier, before that time: Nam hic quidem omnem imaginem meam, quae antehac fuerat, possidet, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 302: ea saepe antehac fidem prodiderat, Sall. C. 25, 4.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
ante-hāc (disyl., H.), adv.
of time, before this time, before now, formerly, hitherto: fecit, T.: antehac uti solebat, etc.: antehac nefas (erat) ... dum, etc., H.—Before that time, earlier, previously: saepe antehac fidem prodiderat, S.
Origins
From ante + hāc.