Per
Preposition
used with Accusative only.
The circumflected accents
are used to mark the vowels' length.
Non figurative usage
1. Space: through
-
Exercitus iter per Italiam faciebat.
The army
was marching through Italy.
2. Time (Accusativus extensivus
temporis): during
-
Exercitus iter per decem dies faciebat.
The army
was marching for ten days.
Figurative usage
1. Means: by
means of
-
Caesar per litteras certior factus
est.
Caesar
was informed by letters.
2. Agent in the passive clause:
by
-
Caesar per exploratores certior
factus est.
Caesar
was informed by spies.
3. Cause: for,
by
4. At prayers, swears etc.: for
one’s sake
-
Oro te
per deos.
I beg
you for gods’sake.
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