Meaning of de post | Babel Free
Definitions
after, behind
Late-Latin, proscribed, with-accusative
Examples
“5th c. CE, Sergius (grammarian)”
Nobody [who speaks correctly] says de post the forum, nor ab ante it.
“5th c. CE, Pompeius Est talis regula, praepositio praepositioni non iungitur. Hoc dicunt, puta 'apud penes' non potes facere unam partem orationis. Item qui male loquuntur modo ita dicunt 'depost illum ambulat'.”
There is a rule that a preposition is not joined to a preposition. By this they mean, for example, that you cannot make apud and penes into a single lexeme. So those who speak badly now say depost illum ambulat.
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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