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166 PREPOSITIONS. [179.<br />

primarily construed with Verbs, and that consequently <strong>the</strong> construction<br />

<strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>se Cases with Nouns and (we may now add)<br />

Prepositions is always <strong>of</strong> a derivative kind.<br />

Use with <strong>the</strong> Genitive. Where <strong>the</strong> Genitive with a<br />

179.]<br />

Preposition is not ablatival, it may usually be explained in two<br />

ways, between which it is not always easy to choose :<br />

(1) It may be derived from one <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> uses with Verbs discussed<br />

in 149-151. E.g. <strong>the</strong> Genitive in<br />

os T tiviv bia bovpos which goes through <strong>the</strong> wood<br />

is probably <strong>the</strong> Genitive <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> space within which motion takes<br />

place. For elcnv 5m bovpos has <strong>the</strong> same relation to Tredioto<br />

biu>Kiv and TreSioio biaTtprio-cTtLv, that r\\0tv ei? Tp<strong>of</strong>yv has to<br />

Tpoirjv TjXOfv and Tpoirjv ef

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