1429. (1.) A preposition is often repeated with emphasis before two or
more substantives: as,
#in labōre atque in dolōre#, Pl. _Ps._ 685, _in toil and in trouble_.
Particularly so with #et . . . et#, #aut . . . aut#, #nōn sōlum . . .
sed etiam#, #nōn minus ... quam#, &c., &c.: as, #et ex urbe et ex
agrīs#, _C._ 2, 21, _from Rome and from the country too_.
1430. (2.) A preposition is often used with the first only of two or
more substantives: as, #in labōre ac dolōre#, _TD._ 5, 41, _in toil and
trouble_. #incidit in eandem invidiam quam pater suus#, N. 5, 3, 1, _he
fell under the selfsame ban as his father_. Particularly when the second
is in apposition: as, #cum duōbus ducibus, Pyrrhō et Hannibale#, _L._
28, _with two commanders, Pyrrhus and Hannibal_.
[Erratum:
1429 ... #nōn minus ... quam#, &c., &c.
final . missing]