[*] 220.
Prepositions are regularly used either with the Accusative or with the
Ablative.
[*] a.
The following prepositions are used with the Accusative:—
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ad, to.
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circiter, about.
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intrā,
inside.
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adversus, against.
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cis
, citrā,
this side.
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iūxtā,
near.
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adversum, towards.
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contrā,
against.
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ob, on account of.
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ante, before.
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ergā,
towards.
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penes, in the power
of.
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apud, at,
near.
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extrā,
outside.
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per, through.
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circā,
around.
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īnfrā,
below.
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pōne,
behind.
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circum, around.
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inter, among.
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post, after.
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[*] b.
The following prepositions are used with the Ablative:—
1
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ā,
ăb
, abs, away from,
by.
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ē, ex,
out of.
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absque, without,
but for.
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prae, in comparison
with.
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cōram, in presence
of.
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prō, in front of,
for.
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cum, with.
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sine, without.
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dē, from.
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tenus, up to, as far
as.
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[*] c.
The following may be used with either the Accusative or the Ablative, but
with a difference in meaning:—
In and
sub
, when followed by the accusative, indicate
motion to, when by the
ablative,
rest in, a place:
-
vēnit in aedīs,
he came into the house;
erat in aedibus, he was in
the house.
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disciplīna in
Britanniā reperta atque inde in
Galliam trānslāta esse
exīstimātur, the system
is thought to have been discovered in Great Britain and
thence brought over to Gaul.
-
sub īlice
cōnsederat, he had seated himself
under an ilex.
-
sub lēgēs
mittere orbem, to subject the world to
laws (to send the world under laws).
