praepositio
Latin
Alternative forms
- prepositio (in medieval manuscripts)
- preposicio (medieval)
Etymology
From praepositus. In the grammatical sense, it is a semantic loan from Ancient Greek πρόθεσις (próthesis).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /prae̯.poˈsi.ti.oː/, [präe̯pɔˈs̠ɪt̪ioː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /pre.poˈsit.t͡si.o/, [prepoˈs̬it̪ː͡s̪io]
Noun
praepositiō f (genitive praepositiōnis); third declension
Declension
Third-declension noun.
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.
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