Antes, antium, plurale tantùm. m. g. Virg.Buttresses whereon the building is stayed: also the vitermost ranges of vines, or the walles that compasse them.
Antium, A citie in the part of Italy called Latinm, by the sea side, the chiefe citie of the Volsciens.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
antes, ium, m. [etym. unc., perh. from ante, as before, over against, one another], rows, e. g. of vines, Verg. G. 2, 417, cf. Paul. ex. Fest. p. 16 Müll.—Also of plants, Col. 10, 376.—Of ranks of soldiers, Cato ap. Philarg. ad Verg. G. 2, 417.
Antĭum, ii, n., = *)/antion. I.An ancient town in Latium distinguished for the temple of Fortune (Hor. C. 1, 35, 1), not far from the sea-coast, now Porto d'Anzio, the birthplace of Nero, Plin. 3, 5, 9, 27; Inscr. Orell. 1738; cf. Mann. Ital. 1, 618; Müll. Roms Campagn. 2, 271 sq.—Hence, II. Derivv. A. Antĭānus, a, um, adj., Antian: Hercules Antianus, honored at Antium, Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. p. 284, 1.— B. Antĭas, ātis, adj., of or belonging to Antium, Antian, Liv. 8, 14; so id. 6, 9; 8, 12 al.—So, Valerius Antias, a historian before Livy, Gell. 1, 7, 10; cf. Bähr, Lit. Gesch. 260; Teuffel, Rom. Lit. 142, 3.—Hence, Antĭātes, um, m., the inhabitants of Antium: naves Antiatum, Liv. 8, 14 fin.—C. Antĭātīnus, a, um, adj., Antian: fortunae, Suet. Calig. 57.—D. Antĭensis, e, adj., the same: templum, Val. Max. 1, 8, n. 2.