ante Christumadv.

Brit.

/ˌantᵻ ˈkrɪstəm/,

/ˌanteɪ ˈkrɪstəm/, U.S.

/ˌænti ˈkrɪstəm/,

/ˌæntə ˈkrɪstəm/,

/ˌænˌteɪ ˈkrɪstəm/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin ante Christum.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin ante Christum (1544 or earlier) < classical Latin ante before (see ante- prefix) + post-classical Latin Christum , accusative of Christus Christ n. Compare German vor Christus (1507 as vor Christo ) and also French avant Jésus-Christ , avant Christ (both late 17th cent.). Compare earlier ante Christum natum adv. and also A.C. adv. at A n. Initialisms. Compare also earlier before Christ at before adv., prep., conj., and n. Phrases 3a.

Now historical and rare.

Following (or occasionally preceding) a date or time period: before the birth of Christ; in the time before year 1 of the Christian era. Abbreviated A.C.For information on the history of the practice of counting the years from the birth of Jesus, see the note at before Christ at before adv., prep., conj., and n. Phrases 3a.

ΚΠ

1660 J. Gadbury Natura Prodigiorum i. 8 For the Earth to quake and tremble, as in the yeer 806 Ante Christum it did in India.

1699 S. Dunstar Anglia Rediviva 62 Cambridge..was first begun and Founded by Cantaber a Spaniard, 375 Years ante Christum.

1760 tr. J. F. Bernard Praise of Hell II. x. 74 He succeeded his father in the year 567 ante Christum.

1782 B. Hancock Doctr. Eclipses 15 The 28th of May, 5 hours, 54 minutes, 54 seconds, p.m. mean time.., in the year ante Christum 585, Julian stile.

1827 Gentleman's Mag. Dec. 520/2 Volney says..that we have no actual knowledge in Chronology before 1600 years Ante Christum.

1882 Catal. Romances of Chivalry (Bernard Quaritch) ii. 615 King Crœsus of Lydia..came to the throne 571 ante Christum.

1919 Town & Country 1 Mar. 39/1 A bravura study of fast life in Saguntum during the First Carthaginian War, about two hundred years ante Christum.

1961 M. Beadle These Ruins are Inhabited xxi. 236 When? Perhaps in the seventh or eighth century Ante Christum.

2012 C. P. E. Nothaft Dating Passion vii. 253 Instead of designating..[the year before the beginning of the Christian era] as 1 BC or the first year ante Christum.., he assigned to it a neutral ‘0’.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	ante christum
释义	ante Christumadv. Brit. /ˌantᵻ ˈkrɪstəm/, /ˌanteɪ ˈkrɪstəm/, U.S. /ˌænti ˈkrɪstəm/, /ˌæntə ˈkrɪstəm/, /ˌænˌteɪ ˈkrɪstəm/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin ante Christum. Etymology: < post-classical Latin ante Christum (1544 or earlier) < classical Latin ante before (see ante- prefix) + post-classical Latin Christum , accusative of Christus Christ n. Compare German vor Christus (1507 as vor Christo ) and also French avant Jésus-Christ , avant Christ (both late 17th cent.). Compare earlier ante Christum natum adv. and also A.C. adv. at A n. Initialisms. Compare also earlier before Christ at before adv., prep., conj., and n. Phrases 3a. Now historical and rare. Following (or occasionally preceding) a date or time period: before the birth of Christ; in the time before year 1 of the Christian era. Abbreviated A.C.For information on the history of the practice of counting the years from the birth of Jesus, see the note at before Christ at before adv., prep., conj., and n. Phrases 3a. ΚΠ 1660 J. Gadbury Natura Prodigiorum i. 8 For the Earth to quake and tremble, as in the yeer 806 Ante Christum it did in India. 1699 S. Dunstar Anglia Rediviva 62 Cambridge..was first begun and Founded by Cantaber a Spaniard, 375 Years ante Christum. 1760 tr. J. F. Bernard Praise of Hell II. x. 74 He succeeded his father in the year 567 ante Christum. 1782 B. Hancock Doctr. Eclipses 15 The 28th of May, 5 hours, 54 minutes, 54 seconds, p.m. mean time.., in the year ante Christum 585, Julian stile. 1827 Gentleman's Mag. Dec. 520/2 Volney says..that we have no actual knowledge in Chronology before 1600 years Ante Christum. 1882 Catal. Romances of Chivalry (Bernard Quaritch) ii. 615 King Crœsus of Lydia..came to the throne 571 ante Christum. 1919 Town & Country 1 Mar. 39/1 A bravura study of fast life in Saguntum during the First Carthaginian War, about two hundred years ante Christum. 1961 M. Beadle These Ruins are Inhabited xxi. 236 When? Perhaps in the seventh or eighth century Ante Christum. 2012 C. P. E. Nothaft Dating Passion vii. 253 Instead of designating..[the year before the beginning of the Christian era] as 1 BC or the first year ante Christum.., he assigned to it a neutral ‘0’. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adv.1660
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