1426. (1.) Two substantives are sometimes connected by a preposition, to
indicate certain attributive relations (1043); such are particularly:
(_a._) Place: as, #illam pugnam nāvālem ad Tenedum#, _Mur._ 33, _the
sea-fight off Tenedus_. #excessum ē vītā#, _Fin._ 3, 60, _the departure
from life_. (_b._) Source, origin, material: as, #ex Aethiopiā
ancillulam#, T. _Eu._ 165, _a lady’s maid from Aethiopia_. #pōcula ex
aurō#, _V._ 4, 62, _bowls of gold_ (1314). (_c._) Direction of action,
connection, separation: as, #amor in patriam#, _Fl._ 103, _love of
country_. #vestra ergā mē voluntās#, _C._ 4, 1, _your good will towards
me_. #proelium cum Tūscīs ad Iāniculum#, L. 2, 52, 7, _the battle with
the Tuscans at Janiculum_. #vir sine metū#, _TD._ 5, 48, _a man devoid
of fear_ (1043).
1427. (2.) Very commonly, however, other constructions are used, even to
indicate the relations above: as,
#bellum Venetōrum#, 3, 16, 1, _war with the Venetans_ (1231). #bellō
Cassiānō#, 1, 13, 2, _in the war with Cassius_ (1233). #in aureīs
pōculīs#, _V._ 4, 54, _in golden bowls_ (1233). #scūtīs ex cortice
factīs#, 2, 33, 2, _with long shields made out of bark_ (1314). #post
vīctōriam eius bellī, quod cum Persīs fuit#, _Off._ 3, 49, _after the
victory in the war with the Persians_.
1428. Prepositional expressions are sometimes used predicatively: as,
#sunt omnēs sine maculā#, _Pl._ 6, 14, _they are all without spot or
blemish_. And sometimes they are equivalent to adjectives: as, #contrā
nātūram#, _TD._ 4, 11, _unnatural_, #suprā hominem#, _DN._ 2, 34,
_superhuman_. Or to substantives: as, #sine pondere#, O. 1, 20, _things
without weight_. Or to adverbs: as, #sine labōre#, Pl. _R._ 461,
_easily_.
[Erratum:
1426a ... L. 2, 52, 7
L 2,]