Of Prepofitions.

Of Prepofitions fome will have an accufative after them, fome an ablative, fome both, according to their different fignification.

An accufative thefe following, Ad, apud, ante, adverfus, adverfum, cis, citra, circum, circa, circiter, contra, erga, extra, inter, intra, infra, juxta, ob, ponè, per, propè, propter, poft, penes, præter, fecundum, fupra, fecùs, trans, ultra, ufque, verfus: but verfus is moft commonly fet after the cafe it governs, as Londinum verfus.

And for an accufative after ad, a dative fometimes is ufed in poets; as It clamor cœlo. Virg. Cœlo fi gloria tollit Eneadum. Sil. for ad cœlum.

An ablative these, A, ab, abs, abfque, cum, coram, de, e, ex, pro, præ, palàm, fine, tenus, which laft is alfo put after his cafe, being moft ufually a genitive, if it be plural; as Capulo tenus. Aurium tenus.

Thefe, both cafes, In, fub, fuper, fubter, clam, procul. In, fignifying to, towards, into, or againft, requires an accufative; as Pifces emptos obolo in cœnam feni. Animus in Teucros benignus. Verfa eft in cineres Troja. In te committere tantum quid Troes potuere? Latily, when it fignifies future time, or for; as Bellum in trigefimum diem indixerunt. Defignati confules in annum fequentem. Alii pretia faciunt in fingula capita canum. Var. Otherwife in will have an ablative; as In urbe. In terris.

Sub, when it fignifies to, or in time, about, or a little before, requires an accufative; as fub umbram properemus. Sub id tempus. Sub noctem. Otherwife an ablative. Sub pedibus. Sub umbra.

Super fignifying beyond, or prefent time, an accufative; as Super Garamantas & Indos. Super cœnam. Suet. at fupper-time. Of or concerning, an ablative; a Multa fuper Priamo rogitans. Super hac re.

Super, over or upon, may have either cafe; as Super ripas Tiberis effufus. Sæva fedens fuper arma. Fronde fuper viridi.

So alfo may fubter; as pugnatum eft fuper fubterque

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terras. Subter denfa teftudine. Virg. Clam patrem or patre. Procul muros. Liv. Patria procul.

Prepofitions in compofition govern the fame cafes as before in appofition. Adibo hominem. Detrudunt naves fcopulo. And the preposition is fometimes repeated; as Detrahere de tua fama nunquam cogitavi. And fometimes understood, governeth his usual cafe; as Habeo te loco parentis. Apparuit humana specie. Cumis erant oriundi. Liv. Liberis parentibus oriundis. Colum. Mutat quadrata rotundis. Hor. Pridie compitalia. Pridie nonas or calendas. Poftridie idus. Poftridie ludos. Before which accufatives ante or post is to be underftood. Filii id ætatis. Cic. Hoc noctis. Liv. Understand Secundum. Or refer to part of time. Omnia Mercurio fimilis. Virg. Understand per.

Of Interjections.

CERTAIN interjections have feveral cafes after them. O, a nominative, accufative, or vocative; as O feftus dies hominis. O ego lævus. Hor. O fortunatos. O formose puer.

Others a nominative or an accufative; as Heu prifca fides! Heu ftirpem invifam! Proh fancte Jupiter! Proh deum atque hominum fidem! Hem tibi Davum !

Yea, though the interjection be understood; as Me miferum! Me cœcum, qui hæc ante non viderim! Others will have a dative; as Hei mihi. Væ mifero mihi. Terent.

THE END OF THE THIRD VOLUME.

Luke Hanfard, printer, near Lincoln's Inn Fields.