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antehac

antehac, of time, before this time, before now, formerly, hitherto

antĕ-hāc (old form antĭdhāc, like antidea for antea, and antideo for anteeo, Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 79 (711); id. Aul. 2, 8, 26 (396); id. Cas. prol. 88; id. Cist. 1, 1, 1 (1); 1, 3, 50 (148); id. Ep. 4, 1, 12 (537); id. Bacch. 3, 6, 10 (539); id. Ps. 1, 1, 14 (16); 2, 2, 26 (619); id. Poen. 3, 5, 7 (752).—Antehac, dissyl., Hor. C. 1, 37, 5) [v. antea],
  • 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 (241); id. Mil. 4, 8, 56 (1366): magis me benigne nunc salutas, quam antidhac, id. Poen. 3, 5, 7 (752); Ter. And. 187: 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 (454): ea saepe antehac fidem prodiderat, Sall. C. 25, 4.

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