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200 PREPOSITIONS. § 902. Fifteen Prepositions govern the ablative ; viz :. ' / , tap i7 ' [ out of, from, after, by.Ab, V /m?i, £y, a/ter, &c. Ex, •"•' J y'-jAbs, jPalam, before, with the know-Absque, without.ledge ofClam, without the know- Pree, before, in comparison wiihxledge ofon account ofCoram, before, in presence of Pro, before, for, according to.Cum, with. Sine, without.De, concerning ', of over. Terms, as far as, up to.8. Four Prepositions govern the Accusative or Ablative ; vizWith the Accusative : With the Ablative :In. into, towards, against. In, upon, in, among.Sub , under ( motion to ), Sub, under (motion or rest),about. at, near.Super, above, over, beyond. Super, upon, concerning.Subter, under.Subter, under.236.—OBSERVATIONS.1. A is used before consonants ; ab, before vowels, and h, j, r, s, andsometimes I ; abs, before t and qu. E is used before consonants.2. Tenus is placed after its case ; and also cum, when joined to me, te.se, quo, qui, and quibus ; as, mecum, &e. Clam sometimes governs the accusative; as, clam patre, or patrem.3. The adverbs prope, " nigh f usque, " as far as ;" versus, " towards," areoften followed by an accusative governed by ad understood, and sometimesexpressed. So also procul, " far," is followed by the ablative governed bya, understood.4. Prepositions not followed by their case, are to be regarded as adverbs..5. Prepositions are sometimes combined ; as, ex adversus eum locum,Cic. In ante diem, " till the day." Id. Ex ante diem, l *from the day."But prepositions compounded together, commonly become adverbs or conjunctions; as, propalam, protinus, insuper,