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Some Latin prepositions Posted by leire on Dec 24, 2011
Accusative prepositions: Latin English Latin English Ad To, towards, up to, until Adversus Toward, against Ante Before Apud Among, in the presence of, at, at the house of Circa, circum,circiter About Contra Against, opposite Erga Toward, about Extra Outside, beyond Infra Under, below Inter Among, between Intra In Iuxta Close to, next to, near to…
Prepositions Posted by kunthra on Jun 25, 2010
Can you spot the preposition in this sentence? Nautae circum īnsulam nāvigant = The sailors are sailing around the island The preposition here is circum. In this case, the word modified to circum is used in the accusative. That’s because cicum is one of those prepositions that use the accusative. Now try spotting the prepostion…