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.,:§ 90 PREPOSITIONS. 199Positive wanting,Magis, more, maxim e; ocius, more swiftly, ocissime ;priiis, soonerprimo or primum ;potius, rather, potissimum.Comparativewanting.Pene, almost, penissime ; nuper, lately, nuperrime f nove or noviternewly, novissime ;merito, deservedly, meritissime.Superlativewanting.Satis, enough, satius ; secus, otherwise, secius.Two Adverbs not derived from adjectives are also compared ; namely,di u, " long," diutius, diutissime ; and seepe, " often," sazpius, scepisslme.§ 90. PREPOSITIONS.235.—A Preposition is a word which showsthe relation between a noun or pronoun followingit, and some other word in the sentence.The preposition, as its name imports, stands before the noun or pronounwhich it governs.—In Latin,1. Twenty-eight Prepositions govern the Accusative ; vizAd, to, at, towards. Inter, between, among, during,Apud, at, near, with. Intra, within.Ante, before (of time, place, Juxta, near, beside.or rank). Ob, for, on account of, before,Adversus, . . - .)Penes, in the power of.. , y against, towards. -r> .1 •' l j iAdversum, )* Per, through, during, by.Circa, . , .. Pone, behind.)^. ' V around, about. .', ,. ,Circum, Post, behind,Aafter, since,JCirciter, about (of time inde- Prater, besides (passing by),finitely).beyond, besides, except.Cis,, . .j . , Propter, near, on account\of.Citra,)i,i .Secundum, along, accordingContra, against, opposite.to.Erga, towards.Supra, above.Extra, beyond, out of.Trans, across, over, beyond.Infra, beneath.Ultra, beyond.