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.poˈsi.ti.oː/, [präe̯pɔˈs̠ɪt̪ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /pre.poˈsit.t͡si.o/, [prepoˈs̬it̪ː͡s̪io]

Noun

praepositiō f (genitive praepositiōnis); third declension

1. preference
2. prefixing
3. (grammar) preposition

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	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.