go before Copy link Outline 1. antĕeo, 4, irr. (with dat. or acc.; or absol.)2. praeeo, 4, irr. (with dat., or absol.)3. antĕgrĕdior, praegrĕdior, ssus, 3 (mostly in fig. sense)4. antĕcēdo, ssi, ssum, 3 (to go on ahead, in advance of • go before: 1. antĕeo, 4, irr. (with dat. or acc.; or absol.): lictors go b. the praetors, lictores praetoribus anteibant, Cic. Agr. 2, 34, 93: before thee ever goes stern necessity, te semper a. saeva necessitas, Hor. Od. 1, 35, 17: for absol. use, cf. Cic. l. c. 2. praeeo, 4, irr. (with dat., or absol.): the lictors should go b. the consuls, consulibus lictores praeirent, Cic. Rep. 2, 31, fin.: absol., Varr. 5, 12 § 80, praetor qui praeiret jure et exercitu. 3. antĕgrĕdior, praegrĕdior, ssus, 3 (mostly in fig. sense): v. to precede. 4. antĕcēdo, ssi, ssum, 3 (to go on ahead, in advance of: foll. by acc., or absol.): Pompey had gone b. the legions, Pompeius antecesserat legiones, Cic. Att. 8, 9, extr.: for absol. use, cf. Caes. B. C. 1, 79.