1422. Two cases, the accusative and the ablative, are accompanied by the
prepositions in, older #endo#, #indu#, _into_, _in_, #sub#, _under_, and
#super#, _over_, _on_.
1423. (1.) #in# and #sub# accompany the accusative of the end of motion,
the locative ablative of rest: as,
(_a._) #in cūriam vēnimus#, _V._ 4, 138, _we went to the senate-house_.
#in vincla coniectus est#, _V._ 5, 17, _he was put in irons_. #hīc pāgus
eius exercitum sub iugum mīserat#, 1, 12, 5, _this canton had sent his
army under the yoke_. (_b._) #erimus in castrīs#, _Ph._ 12, 28, _we
shall be in camp_. #viridī membra sub arbutō strātus#, H. 1, 1, 21,
_stretched out--his limbs--all under an arbute green_.
1424. Verbs of rest sometimes have #in# with the accusative, because of
an implied idea of motion. And, conversely, verbs of motion sometimes
have #in# with the ablative, because of an implied idea of rest: as,
(_a._) #mihi in mentem fuit#, Pl. _Am._ 180, _it popped into my head_,
i.e. came in and is in (compare #venit hoc mī in mentem#, Pl. _Aul._
226. #in eius potestātem venīre nōlēbant#, _V._ 1, 150. #in eōrum
potestātem portum futūrum intellegēbant#, _V._ 5, 98, _they knew full
well the haven would get under the control of these people_). (_b._)
#Caesar exercitum in hībernīs conlocāvit#, 3, 29, 3, _Caesar put the
army away in winter quarters_, i.e. put them into and left them in. #eam
in lectō conlocārunt#, T. _Eu._ 593, _they laid the lady on her couch_.
So commonly with #locō#, #conlocō#, #statuō#, #cōnstituō#, #pōnō#, and
its compounds. For #expōnō# and #impōnō#, see the dictionary.
1425. (2.) #super# accompanies the ablative when it has colloquially the
sense of #dē#, _about_, _in reference to_: as, #hāc super rē scrībam ad
tē Rēgiō#, _Att._ 16, 6, 1, _I’ll write you about this from Regium_. In
other senses, the accusative, but sometimes in poetry the ablative,
chiefly in the sense of _on_: as, #ligna super focō largē repōnēns#, H.
1, 9, 5, _piling on hearth the faggots high_. #nocte super mediā#, V. 9,
61, _at dead of night_. #paulum silvae super hīs#, H. _S._ 2, 6, 3,
_a bit of wood to crown the whole_.
[Errata:
1424a ... compare #venit hoc mī in mentem#
text unchanged: expected form vēnit
So commonly with #locō#, #conlocō#
#locō#. #conlocō#]