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Prepositions: Definitions by Case
(I'm a greek newbie....Please feel free to correct.)
Preposition | Genitive | Dative | Accusative | Notes |
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Spatial Sense | Movement away from something or a position away from something else. | No movement, but in a fixed position | Movement towards something or a position reached as a result of that movement | |
Time Sense | Event occurred within a specified time. | Event occurred at a specified time or while an action was being performed | Event may show the amount of time | |
One Case Prepositions | ||||
απó | away from | |||
αντι | in the place of, instead of | |||
εκ | from, out of, as a result of | Proclitic (No Accent) | ||
òπισω | behind, after | |||
χωρις | without, apart from | |||
εν | in, with, among | Proclitic (No Accent) | ||
συν | with, together with | |||
ανα | up | |||
εις | into, in, to | |||
προς | to, towards | |||
υτερ | above | |||
Two Case Prepositions | ||||
Genitive | Accusative | Notes | ||
διá | through, by means of, during, after | on account of, because of | ||
κατá | down (from), against, throughout | down (to), according to, about, during | ||
μετα | with | after | ||
περí | for, concerning | around | ||
υπο | by (action by someone) | under | ||
Three Case Preposition | ||||
Genitive | Dative | Accusative | Notes | |
επι | on, on the basis of, over, before, in the time of | on, at, in, on top of, against | upon, on, to, for | |
παρα | from beside, from, in the presence of | beside, near, in sight of | beside, along, at the side of | Some list as two-case prep |