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—§ 136 SYNTAX—PKEPOSITIONS. 263600 Rule XLVII. Some derivative adverbsgovern the case of their primitives ; as,Omnium op time loquitur, He speaks the best of all.Co n veil tenter naturae,Agreeably to nature.came to meet him.i '';, it obviam e i ,HeP r o xime cast ri s or castra, Next the camp.601.—EXPLANATION.—In the first example, optime is derived fromoptimus, which governs the genitive by Kule X. 355. Convenienter and obviam,are derived from conveniens, and obvius, which govern the dative byKule XVI. 3S2 ;and proxime is derived from proximus)which governs thedative or accusative. (388.)§ 136. CASES GOVERNED BY PREPOSITIONS.602.Rule XLVIII. Twenty-eight prepositions,ad, ft/pud^ ante, &c, govern the accusative ;as,603.Ad patrem,To the father.Rule XLIX. Fifteen prepositions a, ah,obs, &c, govern the ablative ;A patre,as,From the father.604.—EXPLANATION.—The twenty-eight prepositions which governthe accusative are those contained in the list 220-1, and the fifteen governingthe ablative are those in 220-2.OBSERVATIONS.605.— Obs. 1. Clam, one of these fifteen, is sometimes followed bythe accusative ; as, clam vos, " without your knowledge/' When followed bya genitive or dative, a substantive may be understood, or it may be regarded as an adverb ; as, clam patris. Ter. mihi clam est. Plaut.60b.— Obs. 2. Tenus after a plural noun, commonly governs it in' thegenitive ; as, crurum tenus. Virg.Rule L.607.The prepositions in] sub, super,and suiter, denoting motion to, or tendency towards,govern the accusative ;as,Yenit in Urbem, He came into the city.Amor in te,Love towards thee.Sub jugum missus t U, He was sent under the yoke.*Incidit super agminaIt fell upon the troops.