Antecello, autecellis, antecéllui, antecéllere. To excell: to passe or surmount.Antecello tibi hac re.Cic. Antecello illum hac re. Cic.Antecellere alijs in re aliqua.Cic.Vt quisque ætate antecellit. &c. Cic.Is elder.Longè cæteris antecellunt.Cic.Facilè omnibus terris antecellit.Cic.It doth without controuersie passe.Antecellere longè vel multum alicui rei ad honorem.Cic. Antecelli. Author ad Heren. Antecellens. Participium. Cic. Catulum sapientia antecellentem. Passing.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
antĕ-cello, ĕre (perf. and sup. not used), v. n. [-cello]; lit., to project; hence, trop., to be prominent, to distinguish one's self; and with dat. or acc., to distinguish one's self above any one, to surpass, excel, be superior to; and with abl. of respect (a favorite word with Cic.; elsewhere rare): qui, quā re homines bestiis praestent, eā in re hominibus ipsis antecellat, Cic. Inv. 1, 4; so id. N. D. 2, 58, 145: facile omnibus terris, id. Imp. Pomp. 6; so id. Verr. 2, 3, 5; 2, 4, 53; id. Mur. 13; id. Arch. 3; Corn. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 897 P.; Cic. Verr. 3, 5, 10 al.: omnes, Plin. 8, 44, 69, 174: peregrinam stirpem, Tac. H. 2, 3; so id. A. 14, 55; Val. Max. 3, 8, n. 1.—Without the oblique case of the person: humanitate antecellens, Cic. Mur. 17: cognitione astrorum sollertiāque ingeniorum, id. Div. 1, 41. — Pass.: qui omnibus his rebus antecelluntur, Auct. ad Her. 2, 30, 48.