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The prepositions ē / ex and dē are both
used to express the ablative of source / material i.e. the source from which
something / someone comes or the material out of which something is
made. Given the literal meaning of ē / ex as ‘out of’ e.g. physically going out
of a house, the same idea is being expressed here in that something /
someone emerges out of something else:
Ex Aegyptō oriundus sum. │ I come from
Egypt i.e. I originally come from Egypt; Egypt is the source from where I come.
Ex Italiā oriunda est. │ She’s from
Italy.
nummī (coins) ¦ argentum (silver) > nummī ex
argentō: coins made of silver
ōlla (pot) ¦ argilla (clay) > ōlla ex argillā:
a pot made from clay
fistula (water pipe) ¦ plumbum (lead) > fistula ē
/ ex plumbō: a water pipe made of lead
Erat tōtus ex fraude et mendāciō
factus. │ He was entirely made up of lies and falsehood.
Examples with the preposition dē:
factum dē cautibus antrum │ a cave formed from
(out of) rocks
Templum dē marmore pōnam. │ I’ll build a
temple (made) of marble.
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