Latin prepositions

1. Latin prepositions • GM 4

2. Exercise - translate to Latin • connective tissue of shin bone • vein of tongue • epidemic of diphtheria • epidemics of smallpox • cause of sharp located pain • fracture of shin bone

3. fracture of a vertebra • fracture of vertebrae • fractures of a vertebra • fractures of vertebrae • jar of water • opening of bladder • openings of bladder • vein of nipple

4. veins of nipple • suture of rupture of sheet of connective tissue • displacement of upper jaw • displacement of opening of orbit • displacement of openings of orbits • rupture of windpipe • suture of rupture of windpipe • area of fracture of skull

5. Content • Latin prepositions • Prepositions with Abl. • Prepositions with Acc. • Prepositions with both cases

6. Latin prepositions • Latin prepositions are associated either with Acc. or Abl. or both. • Which means that we have three groups: (a) prepositions that require always using of Acc.; (b) prepositions requiring Abl.; (c) prepositions requiring both. • Both grammatical numbers can be used depending on meaning.

7. Prepositions followed with Acc. in Latin • ad • adversus • ante • apud • circum/circa • contra • extra • infra • inter • intra • per • post • praeter • prope • propter • secundum • supra • trans For English equivalents see table on p. 45 - 46 of your textbook

8. Prepositions followed with Abl. in Latin • a/ab • e/ex • de • cum • sine • pro • English equivalents are on the page 46 of the textbook. • Prepositions a/ab and e/ex have two forms depending on following word. If the word begins with a consonant, we use “a” or “e”. If there is a vowel, we use “ab”, “ex”.

9. Prepositions with both cases • in • sub • These three prepositions can be linked with word in Acc. or Abl. • Acc. is used to express motion, and Abl. with static aspect. • Example: • laesio in vena (Abl.) a damage (that is) in vein. • infusio in venam (Acc.) an infusion to the vein.