Latin preposition
ab
ab is a Latin preposition. In the 8 analysed lines it was read in, it means “from” (8 times) and “by” (once).
In the texts
Each line as the reader shows it: every word in its case colour with its meaning underneath, and arcs from ab to the words it goes with.
Haec narrantur a poetis de Perseo.
These things are told by the poets concerning Perseus.
a: preposition taking poetis.
A te decurrit ad meos haustus liquor.”
From you a stream flows down to my drafts.”
A: preposition taking te.
Urbem Romam a principio reges habuere;
At the beginning, kings ruled the city of Rome.
a: preposition taking principio.
Gallos ab Aquitanis Garumna flumen, a Belgis Matrona et Sequana dividit.
The Garumna river divides the Gauls from the Aquitani, and the Matrona and Sequana divide them from the Belgae.
ab: preposition taking Aquitanis.
di, coeptis (nam vos mutastis et illas) adspirate meis primaque ab origine mundi ad mea perpetuum deducite tempora carmen.
Gods, favor my undertakings (for you also changed those things) and from the very beginning of the world lead a continuous song down to my times.
ab: preposition taking origine.
Id cum libenter accepissem atque ab eo petere coepissem ne dubitaret ducere, tum ille ‘Faciam,’ inquit, ‘si mihi fidem quam postulo dederis.’
When I had gladly accepted that and had begun to beg it from him that he should not hesitate to lead, then he said, “I will do it, if you give me the trust that I ask for.”
ab: preposition taking petere.
Arma virumque cano, Troiae qui primus ab oris Italiam, fato profugus, Laviniaque venit litora, multum ille…
I sing of arms and a man, who first, an exile by fate, came from the shores of Troy to Italy and the Lavinian shores, that man having been tossed much both on lands and on the deep by the force of the gods, on account of the unforgetting wrath of savage Juno.
ab: preposition taking oris.
Horum omnium fortissimi sunt Belgae, propterea quod a cultu atque humanitate provinciae longissime absunt, minimeque ad eos…
Of all these, the Belgians are the bravest, because they are furthest removed from the civilization and refinement of the province, and merchants least often travel to them and import those things which pertain to weakening their spirits, and they are nearest to the Germans, who live across the Rhine, with whom they continually wage war.
a: preposition taking cultu.
Forms
Every form of the word in these texts, with what it is.
| Form | Grammar | Read |
|---|---|---|
| a | Preposition | 5 |
| ab | Preposition | 4 |
Words it goes with
Joined to ab by an arc in these lines, most often first.