Prepositions

PREPOSITIONS

Prepositions are words that denote position or movement. In Latin they take, as a rule, either the accusative case or the ablative case. A few can take either case, with different shades of meaning.

Here are six of each to get you started.

 

ad + accusative – to, towards

circum + accusative – around

ante + accusative – before

post + accusative – after

trans + accusative – across

in + accusative – into

 

a/ab + ablative – from

cum + ablative – with

e/ex + ablative – out of

de + ablative – about, concerning

sine + ablative – without

in + ablative – in on