1. Inter may appear after its corresponding object.
2. Except (perhaps?) for metrical purposes, intra will always proceed it’s corresponding object.
The Essential AG: 435
These aren’t from A&G—I picked them up in the cobweb-covered corners of Lewis and Short. Enjoy!
The judicial phrase inter sīcāriōs means ‘on the charge of assassination.’ I’m not sure if this is as general use of inter (neither A&G nor L&S seems to say) but if I may title the ‘criminal inter‘ (from crīmen, charge/accusation) preposition, then consider the following possibilities:
By any and all means, correct me if I’m crazy or defend me if you think I might be on to something. I realize this is speculation; we only have limited textual data to support a theory on either side—it’s really a matter of personal judgment and extrapolation based on our available resources.
The Essential AG: 353.2
There are multiform variations on the inter sē construction, which I feel it best to expand on here. The basic structure is something like this:
The basic sense in which this is a ‘reflexive’ construction seems clear here. However, we can (i.e. the Romans did) expand this idea into a variety of related senses dense and enigmatic:
An alternative to this reflexive idea is the alter alterīus/ alterī construction, similar to the ἀλλοs ἀλλοθεν idea of the Greek idiom, but I’ll cover that more in a forthcoming post!
The Essential AG: 145c, 301f
In my last post, I introduced intra, to which I will now compare and contrast intra, a considerably more common and complex preposition, individuated from intra through the following uses.
1. The et double-accusative.
2. The inter sē construction.
3. The ‘amid’ construction.
4. The temporal ‘while’ construction (with a gerund)
The Essential AG: 221.15
Inter- can appear as a prefix to verbs (and also to derived nouns, adjectives and adverbs). Where it appears, it often bears one of three general effects on the corresponding base verb—
1. Effect of Intervals
2. Effect of Insertion
3. Effect of Dissolution
Of course, there is conceptual overlap amid these categories. Interrelations, if you will.
You would think, given the vast tribe of verbal compounds with inter- as a prefix, that a few species of intrā-compounds would also inhabit that wood of the Latin dictionary. In fact, they are highly endangered, perhaps even extinct. Here are a few compound adjectives and nouns that I discovered; the verbs were nowhere to be found.
The preposition intrā takes an accusative. It is likely derived from the adjectival feminine adjective singular of inter, intra, intrum (intrā) — an archaic adjective which also produced the corresponding preposition inter.
Intra + accusative is primarily used with a single class of nouns, and denotes a space ‘within which.’
Intra + accusative of time is one ways of denoting the time within something occurred.
It can also mean less than a given duration or quantity.
It can also appear without a direct object.
The Essential AG: 130
Verbs Taking the Dative (p6/7)
The Dative with Compounds
Compounds with Prepositions
Verbs with the prepositions ad, ante, con, circum, in, inter, ob, post, prae, prō, sub and super will take a dative
(Some) Compounds
Exceptions
There are plenty of compounds verbs that do not take the dative
See also aggredior (to go against + acc.), adeō (to approach +acc. ), antecēdō or anteeō or antegredior or praecēdo (to go before–dat. or acc.), conveniō (to suit + dat. or to convene, gather + acc.), ineō (to enter +acc. ), obeō (to go against +acc), offendō (to offend, fail, find fault with, defect, hit upon (cf. τυγχάνω) +acc. ), and subeō (to enter, to steal upon (cf. λανθάνω) +acc.)
Other verbs will take a dative and accusative, according to their particular meaning
Compounds with satis, bene and male
The Essential AG: 368.2, 370a-b
Famous Phrase: quī tacet consentīre vidētur (who is silent, appears to approve)
[I can’t find the source for this–any ideas?]
Latin for Addicts 