Magister Linguae Latinae
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Tuesday, May 31, 2005

 
 

The Prepositions and their cases

 

Prepositions that take the Accusative

ad – to, toward

jūxtā – near

adversus – against

ob – on account of

adversum – toward, against

penes – in the hands of

ante – before, in front of

per – through

apud – at, among, with, near; at the house of

pōne – behind

inter – between, among

post - after, behind

circiter – about

praeter – past

circum – around

prope – near

cis- this side of

propter – on account of, because of

citrā – this side of

secundum - after

contrā – against

*sub – under

ergā – toward

*subter – beneath

extrā – outside

*super – over

*in - into, onto, to, towards

suprā – above

īnfrā – below

trāns – across, on the other side of

inter – between

ultrā – beyond

intrā – within

versus – toward

*words take both the ablative and accusative cases

 
Prepositions that take the Ablative

ā, ab – from, by

prae – before
absque, without prō – in front of, for
cōram – in the presence of sine – without
cum – with *sub – under
dē – from, concerning *subter – beneath
ē, ex – from, out of *super – over
*in – in, on, at, among, during tenus – up to