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What does 'a/ab' mean?
What does 'a/ab' mean?
- away from (correct)
- under, at the foot of
- with
- to, towards
What does 'de' mean?
What does 'de' mean?
- after, behind
- in or on
- down from, from, concerning, about (correct)
- out of, from
What does 'e/ex' mean?
What does 'e/ex' mean?
- out of, from (correct)
- over, above
- under
- before, in front of
What does 'in' mean?
What does 'in' mean?
What does 'sub' mean?
What does 'sub' mean?
What does 'cum' mean?
What does 'cum' mean?
What does 'ad' mean?
What does 'ad' mean?
What does 'super' mean?
What does 'super' mean?
What does 'in with accusative' mean?
What does 'in with accusative' mean?
What does 'post' mean?
What does 'post' mean?
What does 'per' mean?
What does 'per' mean?
What does 'ante' mean?
What does 'ante' mean?
What does 'trans' mean?
What does 'trans' mean?
What does 'contra' mean?
What does 'contra' mean?
What does 'circum' mean?
What does 'circum' mean?
What does 'prope' mean?
What does 'prope' mean?
What does 'inter' mean?
What does 'inter' mean?
What case does 'a/ab' take?
What case does 'a/ab' take?
What case does 'de' take?
What case does 'de' take?
What case does 'e/ex' take?
What case does 'e/ex' take?
What case does 'cum' take?
What case does 'cum' take?
What case does 'ad' take?
What case does 'ad' take?
What case does 'super' take?
What case does 'super' take?
What case does 'post' take?
What case does 'post' take?
What case does 'per' take?
What case does 'per' take?
What case does 'ante' take?
What case does 'ante' take?
What case does 'trans' take?
What case does 'trans' take?
What case does 'contra' take?
What case does 'contra' take?
What case does 'circum' take?
What case does 'circum' take?
What case does 'prope' take?
What case does 'prope' take?
What case does 'inter' take?
What case does 'inter' take?
Study Notes
Latin Prepositions
- a/ab: Translates to "away from" and requires the ablative case.
- de: Means "down from," "from," "concerning," or "about" and takes the ablative case.
- e/ex: Signifies "out of" or "from" and also requires the ablative case.
- in: Indicates "in" or "on", and takes the ablative case in some contexts.
- sub: Means "under" or "at the foot of" and can take both the ablative (for location) and accusative (for movement).
- cum: Translates to "with" and takes the ablative case.
- ad: Means "to" or "towards" and takes the accusative case.
- super: Signifies "over," "above," or "on top of" and takes the accusative case.
- in (with accusative): Indicates "onto" or "against" and takes the accusative case.
- sub (with accusative): Means "up to" or "to the foot of" and requires the accusative case.
- post: Translates to "after," "behind," or "in back of" and takes the accusative case.
- per: Means "through" and takes the accusative case.
- ante: Indicates "before" or "in front of" and takes the accusative case.
- trans: Means "across" and takes the accusative case.
- contra: Signifies "against" and takes the accusative case.
- circum: Means "around" and takes the accusative case.
- prope: Translates to "near" and takes the accusative case.
- inter: Indicates "among" or "between" and takes the accusative case.
Case Usage by Preposition
- a/ab, de, e/ex, cum: All take the ablative case.
- ad, super, in (accusative), sub (accusative), post, per, ante, trans, contra, circum, prope, inter: All take the accusative case.
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