Propter
Preposition
used with Accusative only.
The circumflected accents
are used to mark the vowels' length.
Non figurative usage
Space: near
-
Insula propter Siciliam…
An island
near Sicily...
Figurative usage
Cause: because
of, by means of, on account of
-
Irascebantur Romani propter injuriam.
The Romans
got angry because of [this] injury.
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