Latin preposition
in
in is a Latin preposition. In the 14 analysed lines it was read in, it means “into” (8 times), “in” (6 times) and “to” (2 times).
In the texts
Each line as the reader shows it: every word in its case colour with its meaning underneath, and arcs from in to the words it goes with.
In principio creavit Deus caelum et terram.
In the beginning God created heaven and earth.
In: preposition taking principio.
In nova fert animus mutatas dicere formas corpora;
My mind inclines to tell of forms changed into new bodies.
In: preposition taking nova.
Comprehendit igitur Perseum adhuc infantem, et cum matre in arca lignea inclusit.
Therefore, he seized Perseus while still an infant, and shut him up with his mother in a wooden chest.
in: preposition taking arca.
Gallia est omnis divisa in partes tres, quarum unam incolunt Belgae, aliam Aquitani, tertiam qui ipsorum lingua Celtae, nostra Galli appellantur.
Gaul as a whole is divided into three parts, one of which the Belgians inhabit, the Aquitanians another, and those who are called Celts in their own language, Gauls in ours, inhabit the third.
in: preposition taking partes.
Multitudinem finitimorum in civitatem recepit, centum ex senioribus legit, quorum consilio omnia ageret, quos senatores nominavit propter senectutem.
He received a multitude of neighbors into the state, chose one hundred from the elders, by whose counsel he would do all things, and named them senators on account of their old age.
in: preposition taking civitatem.
“Pater meus,” inquit, “Hamilcar puerulo me, utpote non amplius novem annos nato, in Hispaniam imperator proficiscens Karthagine Iovi optimo maximo hostias immolavit.
"My father," he said, "Hamilcar, when I was a mere boy, being no more than nine years old, upon setting out for Spain as commander, sacrificed victims at Carthage to Jupiter Optimus Maximus."
in: preposition taking Hispaniam.
et Pompei Crassique potentia cito in Caesarem, Lepidi atque Antonii arma in Augustum cessere, qui…
And the power of Pompey and Crassus quickly passed to Caesar, and the arms of Lepidus and Antony passed to Augustus, who received all things exhausted by civil discords under his rule under the name of princeps.
in: preposition taking Caesarem.
Nam longissimo velut trunco elata in altum quibusdam ramis diffundebatur, credo quia recenti spiritu evecta…
For it was spread out into the height like the trunk raised very high on certain branches; I think it was borne up by fresh breath, then, the breath failing, left unsupported or even overcome by its own weight it vanished in breadth, white at times, at other times dirty and stained, as it had lifted up earth or ash.
in: preposition taking altum.
Forms
Every form of the word in these texts, with what it is.
| Form | Grammar | Read |
|---|---|---|
| in | Preposition | 16 |
Words it goes with
Joined to in by an arc in these lines, most often first.