praepositio
Latin
Alternative forms
- prepositio (in medieval manuscripts)
- preposicio (medieval)
Etymology
From praepōnō + -tiō. In the grammatical sense, it is a semantic loan from Ancient Greek πρόθεσις (próthesis).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [prae̯.pɔˈsɪ.ti.oː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [pre.poˈs̬it̪.t̪͡s̪i.o]
Noun
praepositiō f (genitive praepositiōnis); third declension
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | praepositiō | praepositiōnēs |
| genitive | praepositiōnis | praepositiōnum |
| dative | praepositiōnī | praepositiōnibus |
| accusative | praepositiōnem | praepositiōnēs |
| ablative | praepositiōne | praepositiōnibus |
| vocative | praepositiō | praepositiōnēs |
Descendants
- Catalan: preposició
- English: preposition
- French: préposition
- Galician: preposición
- German: Präposition
- Italian: preposizione
- Occitan: preposicion
- Portuguese: preposição
- Romanian: prepoziție
- Spanish: preposición
References
- “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.