"ab" meaning in Latin

See ab in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Preposition

IPA: /ab/ [Classical], [äb] [Classical], /ab/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [äb] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From Proto-Italic *ap, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó (“off, away”) (whence English off, of and after). See also po-. Cognate with ᾰ̓πό (apó). Etymology templates: {{inh|la|itc-pro|*ap}} Proto-Italic *ap, {{inh|la|ine-pro|*h₂epó||off, away}} Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó (“off, away”), {{cog|en|off}} English off, {{m|en|of}} of, {{m|en|after}} after, {{m|la|po-}} po-, {{l|grc|ᾰ̓πό}} ᾰ̓πό (apó) Head templates: {{la-prep|ablative}} ab (+ ablative)
  1. (indicating ablation): from, away from, out of Tags: with-ablative
    Sense id: en-ab-la-prep-V9fPOdi~ Categories (other): Latin ablative prepositions, Latin prepositions Disambiguation of Latin ablative prepositions: 15 11 20 20 9 9 16 Disambiguation of Latin prepositions: 14 14 17 17 11 11 16
  2. (indicating ablation): down from Tags: with-ablative
    Sense id: en-ab-la-prep-e6J3dqjX Categories (other): Latin ablative prepositions, Latin prepositions Disambiguation of Latin ablative prepositions: 15 11 20 20 9 9 16 Disambiguation of Latin prepositions: 14 14 17 17 11 11 16
  3. (indicating agency): (source of action or event) by, by means of Tags: with-ablative
    Sense id: en-ab-la-prep-3v2bEkLz Categories (other): Latin ablative prepositions, Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin prepositions Disambiguation of Latin ablative prepositions: 15 11 20 20 9 9 16 Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 4 4 43 46 0 0 2 Disambiguation of Latin prepositions: 14 14 17 17 11 11 16
  4. (indicating instrumentality): (source of action or event) by, by means of, with Tags: with-ablative
    Sense id: en-ab-la-prep--vl7CpI0 Categories (other): Latin ablative prepositions, Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin prepositions Disambiguation of Latin ablative prepositions: 15 11 20 20 9 9 16 Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 4 4 43 46 0 0 2 Disambiguation of Latin prepositions: 14 14 17 17 11 11 16
  5. (indicating association): to, with Tags: with-ablative
    Sense id: en-ab-la-prep-nQumxTJ6 Categories (other): Latin prepositions Disambiguation of Latin prepositions: 14 14 17 17 11 11 16
  6. (indicating location): at, on, in Tags: with-ablative
    Sense id: en-ab-la-prep-5tGcRd-w Categories (other): Latin prepositions Disambiguation of Latin prepositions: 14 14 17 17 11 11 16
  7. (time) after, since Tags: with-ablative
    Sense id: en-ab-la-prep-g9RJuVJe Categories (other): Latin ablative prepositions, Latin prepositions Disambiguation of Latin ablative prepositions: 15 11 20 20 9 9 16 Disambiguation of Latin prepositions: 14 14 17 17 11 11 16 Topics: time
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: ā (english: not used before a vowel or h), abs (english: exclusively used before the pronoun te) [archaic], af [archaic] Related terms: abhinc

Alternative forms

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          "text": "Heauton Timorumenos (“The Self-Tormentor”) by Publius Terentius Afer"
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          "text": "Horum utro uti nolumus, altero est utendum. vim volumus exstingui, ius valeat necesse est, id est iudicia, quibus omne ius continetur; iudicia displicent aut nulla sunt, vis dominetur necesse est. hoc vident omnes: Milo et vidit et fecit, ut ius experiretur, vim depelleret. altero uti voluit, ut virtus audaciam vinceret; altero usus necessario est, ne virtus ab audacia vinceretur."
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      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "indicating instrumentality"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "with-ablative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "I am a man, I consider nothing that is human alien to me.",
          "roman": "Homo sum, humani nihil ā me alienum puto.",
          "text": "Heauton Timorumenos (“The Self-Tormentor”) by Publius Terentius Afer"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to, with"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "association",
          "association"
        ],
        [
          "to",
          "to"
        ],
        [
          "with",
          "with"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(indicating association): to, with"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "indicating association"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "with-ablative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "at, on, in"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "location",
          "location"
        ],
        [
          "at",
          "at"
        ],
        [
          "on",
          "on"
        ],
        [
          "in",
          "in"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(indicating location): at, on, in"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "indicating location"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "with-ablative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "after, since"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "after",
          "after"
        ],
        [
          "since",
          "since"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(time) after, since"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "with-ablative"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "time"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ab/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[äb]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ab/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[äb]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "english": "not used before a vowel or h",
      "word": "ā"
    },
    {
      "english": "exclusively used before the pronoun te",
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ],
      "word": "abs"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ],
      "word": "af"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ab"
}

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