Latin Prepositions
Learning the Latin Prepositions is very important because its structure is used in every day conversation. The more you master it the more you get closer to mastering the Latin language. But first we need to know what the role of Prepositions is in the structure of the grammar in Latin.
Latin prepositions link nouns, pronouns and phrases to other words in a sentence. The word or phrase that the preposition introduces is called the object of the preposition. Here are some examples:
| English Prepositions | Latin Prepositions |
| Prepositions | praepositiones |
| inside the house | intra domum |
| outside the car | extra vehiculum |
| with me | me |
| without him | sine eo |
| under the table | sub mensa |
| after tomorrow | perendie |
| before sunset | ante occasum |
| but I'm busy | sed sum occupatus |
As you can see from the example above, the structure of the Prepositions in Latin has a logical pattern. Locate the Prepositions above and see how it works with the rest of the sentence in Latin.
List of Prepositions in Latin
Below is a list of the Time place and demonstrative pronouns in Latin placed in a table. Memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your Latin vocabulary.
| English Prepositions | Latin Prepositions |
| about | de + ABL |
| above | super + ACC , ABL |
| across | trans + ACC |
| after | post + ACC |
| against | contra + ACC |
| among | inter + ACC |
| around | circum + ACC |
| as | ut |
| at | in + ABL |
| before | ante + ACC |
| behind | post + ACC |
| below | sub + ACC , ABL |
| beneath | sub + ACC , ABL |
| beside | apud + ACC |
| between | inter + ACC |
| beyond | ultra + ACC |
| but | tamen |
| by | per + ACC |
| despite | quamquam |
| down | sub + ACC , ABL |
| during | in + ABL |
| except | praeter + ACC |
| for | per + ACC |
| from | ex + ABL |
| in | in + ACC , ABL |
| inside | intra + ACC |
| into | in + ACC , ABL |
| near | prope + ACC |
| next | iuxta + ACC |
| of | GEN |
| on | super + ACC , ABL |
| opposite | adversus + ACC |
| out | extra + ACC |
| outside | extra + ACC |
| over | super + ACC , ABL |
| per | per + ACC |
| plus | plus + GEN |
| round | circum + ACC |
| since | a (ab) + ABL |
| than | quam |
| through | per + ACC |
| till | usque ad + ACC |
| to | ad + ACC |
| toward | erga + ACC |
| under | sub + ABL |
| unlike | dissimilis |
| until | usque ad + ACC |
| up | super + ACC , ABL |
| via | per + ACC |
| with | cum + ABL |
| within | intra + ACC |
| without | sine + ABL |
| two words | duo nomina |
| according to | ex + ABL |
| because of | propter + ACC |
| close to | apud + ACC |
| due to | propter + ACC |
| except for | praeter + ACC |
| far from | procul ab + ABL |
| inside of | intra + ACC |
| instead of | pro + ABL |
| near to | prope + ACC |
| next to | iuxta + ACC |
| outside of | extra + ABL |
| prior to | ante + ACC |
| three words | tria nomina |
| as far as | tam longe quam |
| as well as | tam … quam |
| in addition to | praeter + ACC |
| in front of | ante + ACC |
| in spite of | quamquam |
| on behalf of | per + ACC |
| on top of | super + ACC , ABL |
| demonstrative prepositions | pronomina demonstrativa |
| this | hic, haec, hoc |
| that | ille, illa illud |
| these | hi, hae, haec |
| those | illi,illae, illa |
Time place and demonstrative pronouns have a very important role in Latin, therefore they need very special attention. Once you're done with Latin Prepositions, you might want to check the rest of our Latin lessons here: Learn Latin. Don't forget to bookmark this page.