praepositio

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Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From praepositus. In the grammatical sense, it is a semantic loan from Ancient Greek πρόθεσις (próthesis).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

praepositiō f (genitive praepositiōnis); third declension

  1. preference
  2. prefixing
  3. (grammar) preposition

Declension[edit]

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative praepositiō praepositiōnēs
Genitive praepositiōnis praepositiōnum
Dative praepositiōnī praepositiōnibus
Accusative praepositiōnem praepositiōnēs
Ablative praepositiōne praepositiōnibus
Vocative praepositiō praepositiōnēs

Descendants[edit]

References[edit]

  • praepositio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • praepositio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • praepositio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette