prepositions

Question 1

What does preposition ad mean and what case does it take?

Answer 1

• towards, to, for, at
• takes the accusative case

Question 2

What does preposition ante mean and what case does it take?

Answer 2

• before
• takes the accusative case

Question 3

What does preposition apud mean and what case does it take?

Answer 3

• at, by, near, to, towards
• takes the accusative case

Question 4

What does preposition inte mean and what case does it take?

Answer 4

• among, between
• takes the accusative case

Question 5

What does preposition iuxta mean and what case does it take?

Answer 5

• next to, near, according to
• takes the accusative case

Question 6

What does preposition per mean and what case does it take?

Answer 6

• by, through, during
• takes the accusative case

Question 7

What does preposition post mean and what case does it take?

Answer 7

• after
• takes the accusative case

Question 8

What does preposition a (before a consonant)/ab (before a vowel) mean
and what case does it take?

Answer 8

• by, from
• takes the ablative case

Question 9

What does preposition coram mean and what case does it take?

Answer 9

• in the presence of, before
• takes the ablative case

Question 10

What does preposition e (before a consonant)/ex (before a vowel) mean
and what case does it take?

Answer 10

• from, out of
• takes the ablative case

Question 11

What does preposition cum mean and what case does it take?

Answer 11

• with
• takes the ablative case

Question 12

What does preposition de mean and what case does it take?

Answer 12

• from, concerning, of, for
• takes the ablative case

Question 13

What does preposition pre mean and what case does it take?

Answer 13

• before
• takes the ablative case

Question 14

What does preposition pro mean and what case does it take?

Answer 14

• for, during, as far as, in accordance with, in return for
• takes the ablative case

Question 15

What does preposition sine mean and what case does it take?

Answer 15

• without
• takes the ablative case

Question 16

What does preposition in mean and what case does it take?

Answer 16

• with accusative means:- into or onto
• with ablative means:- in or on

n.b. when a preposition can use both accusative and ablative cases

accusative describes movement towards something
ablative describes the position of something which is static

Question 17

What does preposition super mean and what case does it take?

Answer 17

• with accusative means:- over
• with ablative means:- upon