Koine Greek: Prepositions

2008-08-02T22:44:01Z

Earlarmstrong: Preposition chart showing the different meanings depending on the case of the noun

====Prepositions: Definitions by Case====
(I'm a greek newbie....Please feel free to correct.)

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! 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 ||
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| 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 ||
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!colspan="5" align="center" | One Case Prepositions
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| απó || away from || || ||
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| αντι || in the place of, instead of || || ||
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| εκ || from, out of, as a result of || || || Proclitic (No Accent)
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| òπισω || behind, after || || ||
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| χωρις || without, apart from|| || ||
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| εν || || in, with, among || || Proclitic (No Accent)
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| συν || || with, together with || ||
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| ανα || || || up ||
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| εις || || || into, in, to ||
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| προς || || || to, towards ||
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| υτερ || || || above ||
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!colspan="5" align="center" | Two Case Prepositions
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! !! Genitive!! !! Accusative !! Notes
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| διá || through, by means of, during, after || || on account of, because of ||
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| κατá || down (from), against, throughout || || down (to), according to, about, during ||
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| μετα || with || || after ||
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| περí || for, concerning || || around ||
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| υπο || by (action by someone) || || under ||
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!colspan="5" align="center" | Three Case Preposition
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! !! Genitive!! Dative !! Accusative !! Notes
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| επι || on, on the basis of, over, before, in the time of ||on, at, in, on top of, against || upon, on, to, for ||
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| 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
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