[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 venithoc 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.
[Combination of Substantives by a Preposition.]
[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.