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Common pairs

atque	...	atque
et	...	et
etsi	...	tamen
magis	...	quam
minus	...	quam
neque	...	neque
qua	...	qua
seu	...	vel
ut	...	ut
ve(l)	...	ve(l)

Common enclitics

-cum

-ce, -ci

-met

-ne

-pse

-que

-ve

Catholic Issues Latin / Greek Prepositions

Some Important Ecclesiastical Latin Prepositions

Nominative

Never takes a preposition. Period.

Genitive

not true prepositions

causa

gratia

vice(m)

Dative

Never takes a preposition in Latin (but often uses one in English!)

Accusative only

ad	adversu -s/-m	ante	apud
circa, circiter	circum	cis, citra	clam
contra	erga	extra	infra
inter	intra	iuxta	ob
penes	per	pone, post	praeter
prope	propter	secundum	(secus)
supra	trans	versus	ultra
usque

Accusative or Ablative

sub

super

Ablative only

a, ab, abs	coram	cum	de
e, ex	intus	palam	prae
pro	procul	simul	sine

Oddballs

subter (acc or rarely abl), tenus (abl or gen, usually post-positive)

Koine Greek Prepositions

Nominative

Never takes a preposition.

Genitive

ἀντί	ἀπό	ἄχρι/ς	διά
ἐκ / ἐξ	ἔμπροσθεν	ἕνεκα / ἕνεκεν	ενώπιον
ἔξω / -θεν	ἐπάνω	ἐπί (ἐΦ)	ἕως
κατά	μετά	μέχρι / μέχρις	ὀπίσω
παρά	πέραν	περί	πλήν
πρό	ὑπερ	ὑπό

Dative

ἁμα	ἐν	ἐπί (ἐΦ)	παρά
σύν

Accusative

ἀνά	διά	εἰς	ἐπί (ἐΦ)
κατά	μετά	παρά	περί
πρός	ὑπερ	ὑπό

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