de post
Latin
Etymology
From dē (“from”) + post (“after”).
Pronunciation
- (Proto-Romance) IPA(key): /deˈpɔst/
Preposition
dē post (+ accusative)
- (Late Latin, proscribed) after, behind
- 5th c. CE, Sergius (grammarian)[1]
- Nemo enim dicit de post forum, nemo enim ab ante.
- Nobody [who speaks correctly] says 'de post the forum', nor 'ab ante' it.
- Nemo enim dicit de post forum, nemo enim ab ante.
- 5th c. CE, Pompeius[2]
- 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.
- 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'.
- 5th c. CE, Sergius (grammarian)[1]
Descendants
- Balkan Romance:
- Aromanian: dupã
- Romanian: după
- Italo-Romance:
- Italian: dopo
- Ibero-Romance:
- Old Spanish: depues
- ⇒ Spanish: después
- Portuguese: depois
- Old Spanish: depues
References
- Herman, József. 2000. Vulgar Latin. Translated by Wright, Roger. University Park: Pennsylvania State University Press. Page 26.
- Adams, James Noel. 2013. Social variation and the Latin language. Cambridge University Press. Page 595.