Latin prepositionsDENT 4

Exercise - translate to Latin

• connective tissue of shin bone

• vein of tongue

• epidemic of diphtheria

• epidemics of smallpox

• cause of sharp located pain

• fracture of shin bone

• fracture of a vertebra

• fracture of vertebrae

• fractures of a vertebra

• fractures of vertebrae

• jar of water

• opening of bladder

• openings of bladder

• vein of nipple

• veins of nipple

• suture of rupture of sheet of connective tissue

• displacement of upper jaw

• displacement of opening of orbit

• displacement of openings of orbits

• rupture of windpipe

• suture of rupture of windpipe

• area of fracture of skull

• Latin prepositions

• Prepositions with Abl.

• Prepositions with Acc.

• Prepositions with both cases

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Latin prepositions

• Latin prepositions are associated either with Acc. or Abl. or both.

• Which means that we have three groups: (a) prepositions that require always using of Acc.; (b) prepositions requiring Abl.; (c) prepositions requiring both.

• Both grammatical numbers can be used depending on meaning.

Prepositions followed with Acc. in Latin

• ad

• adversus

• ante

• apud

• circum/circa

• contra

• extra

• infra

• inter

• intra

• per

• post

• praeter

• prope

• propter

• secundum

• supra

• trans

For English equivalents see table on p. 45 - 46 of your textbook

Prepositions followed with Abl. in Latin

• a/ab

• e/ex

• de

• cum

• sine

• pro

•English equivalents are on the page 46 of the textbook.

•Prepositions a/ab and e/ex have two forms depending on following word. If the word begins with a consonant, we use “a” or “e”. If there is a vowel, we use “ab”, “ex”.

Prepositions with both cases

• in

• sub

These three prepositions can be linked with word in Acc. or Abl. Acc. is used to express motion, and Abl. with static aspect.

Example:•laesio in vena (Abl.) a damage (that is) in vein.•infusio in venam (Acc.) an infusion to the vein.