"praepositio" meaning in Latin

See praepositio in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [prae̯.pɔˈsɪ.ti.oː] [Classical-Latin], [pre.poˈs̬it̪.t̪͡s̪i.o] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From praepōnō + -tiō. In the grammatical sense, it is a semantic loan from Ancient Greek πρόθεσις (próthesis). Etymology templates: {{af|la|praepōnō|-tiō}} praepōnō + -tiō, {{semantic loan|la|grc|πρόθεσις|nocap=1}} semantic loan from Ancient Greek πρόθεσις (próthesis) Head templates: {{la-noun|praepositiō<3>}} praepositiō f (genitive praepositiōnis); third declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|praepositiō<3>}} Forms: praepositiō [canonical, feminine], praepositiōnis [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], praepositiō [nominative, singular], praepositiōnēs [nominative, plural], praepositiōnis [genitive, singular], praepositiōnum [genitive, plural], praepositiōnī [dative, singular], praepositiōnibus [dative, plural], praepositiōnem [accusative, singular], praepositiōnēs [accusative, plural], praepositiōne [ablative, singular], praepositiōnibus [ablative, plural], praepositiō [singular, vocative], praepositiōnēs [plural, vocative], prepositio [alternative], preposicio [alternative]
  1. preference Tags: declension-3
    Sense id: en-praepositio-la-noun-vF7OYP~4 Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 32 30 38 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 32 31 36
  2. prefixing Tags: declension-3
    Sense id: en-praepositio-la-noun-XxHxRWhk Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 32 30 38 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 32 31 36
  3. (grammar) preposition Tags: declension-3
    Sense id: en-praepositio-la-noun-mutFaZiL Categories (other): Grammar, Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin feminine nouns in the third declension, Latin terms suffixed with -tio, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Parts of speech Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 15 20 65 Disambiguation of Latin feminine nouns in the third declension: 16 31 53 Disambiguation of Latin terms suffixed with -tio: 27 26 48 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 32 30 38 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 32 31 36 Disambiguation of Parts of speech: 31 30 39 Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
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