LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verbfourth conjugation, impersonal in the passive

anteveniō

anteveniō (present infinitive antevenīre, perfect active antevēnī, supine anteventum)
Classical[an.tɛˈwɛ.ni.oː]Ecclesiastical[an.teˈvɛː.ni.o]

Meaning

  1. impersonalto come before, arrive first, get the start of; anticipate
  2. figurativelyimpersonalrareto exceed, surpass, excel

Conjugation conjugation 4

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.anteveniōanteveniēbamanteveniamantevēnīantevēneramantevēnerō
2nd sg.antevenīsanteveniēbāsanteveniēsantevēnistīantevēnerāsantevēneris
3rd sg.antevenitanteveniēbatantevenietantevēnitantevēneratantevēnerit
1st pl.antevenīmusanteveniēbāmusanteveniēmusantevēnimusantevēnerāmusantevēnerimus
2nd pl.antevenītisanteveniēbātisanteveniētisantevēnistisantevēnerātisantevēneritis
3rd pl.anteveniuntanteveniēbantantevenientantevēnērunt
antevēnēre
antevēnerantantevēnerint
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.anteveniamantevenīremantevēnerimantevēnissem
2nd sg.anteveniāsantevenīrēsantevēnerīsantevēnissēs
3rd sg.anteveniatantevenīretantevēneritantevēnisset
1st pl.anteveniāmusantevenīrēmusantevēnerīmusantevēnissēmus
2nd pl.anteveniātisantevenīrētisantevēnerītisantevēnissētis
3rd pl.anteveniantantevenīrentantevēnerintantevēnissent
passive indicative
passive indicative
formpresentimperfectfuture
1st sg.———
2nd sg.———
3rd sg.antevenīturanteveniēbāturanteveniētur
1st pl.———
2nd pl.———
3rd pl.———
passive subjunctive
passive subjunctive
formpresentimperfect
1st sg.——
2nd sg.——
3rd sg.anteveniāturantevenīrētur
1st pl.——
2nd pl.——
3rd pl.——
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.antevenī—
pres. 2nd pl.antevenīte—
fut. 2nd sg.antevenītō—
fut. 3rd sg.antevenītōantevenītor
fut. 2nd pl.antevenītōte—
fut. 3rd pl.anteveniuntō—
infinitives & participles
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitiveantevenīreantevenīrī
perfect infinitiveantevēnisseanteventum esse
future infinitiveanteventūrum esseanteventum īrī
present participleanteveniēns—
perfect participle—anteventum
future participleanteventūrus
anteventūra, anteventūrā, anteventūrae, anteventūram, anteventūrārum, anteventūrās, anteventūre, anteventūrī, anteventūrīs, anteventūrō, anteventūrōrum, anteventūrōs, anteventūrum
anteveniendum
anteveniundum, antevenienda, anteveniendā, anteveniendae, anteveniendam, anteveniendārum, anteveniendās, anteveniende, anteveniendīs, anteveniendōrum, anteveniendōs, anteveniendus
gerundanteveniendī, anteveniendō, anteveniendumsupineanteventum, anteventū

antē-vĕnĭo, vēni, ventum, 4, v. n.,
I. to come before, get the start of, anticipate.
I. Lit., with dat. or acc. (cf. Rudd. II. p. 137): temport, Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 66 (tempus, Claud. 23, 152): exercitum, Sall. J. 48, 2; so id. ib. 56, 2: consilia et insidias (hostium), to thwart, id. ib. 88, 2.—Pass.: omni tempore anteventum est, Cato ap. Non. p. 87, 17.—
II. Trop., to exceed, surpass, excel (very rare): amor omnibus rebus antevenit, Plaut. Cas. 2, 3, 1: per virtutem nobilitatem, Sall. J. 4, 7.— Also, absol., to become greater, more distinguished: beneficia, ubi multum antevenere, Tac. A. 4, 18.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ent-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂énts
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₂énti
  4. Proto-Italic*anti
  5. Latinanteveniō

Latin ante- Proto-Indo-European *gʷem- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *gʷm̥yéti Proto-Italic *gʷəniō Latin veniō Latin anteveniō From ante- (“before”) + veniō (“come”).

Descendants
  • Spanishantevenir

Quick answers

What does anteveniō mean in Latin?
anteveniō, a verb, means “to come before, arrive first, get the start of; anticipate; to exceed, surpass, excel”.
What are the principal parts of anteveniō?
anteveniō, antevenīre, antevēnī, anteventum (fourth conjugation, impersonal in the passive).
How do you pronounce anteveniō?
In classical Latin, [an.tɛˈwɛ.ni.oː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [an.teˈvɛː.ni.o].
Where does anteveniō come from?
Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- → Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts → Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti → Proto-Italic *anti → Latin anteveniō.