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E Victionario

Solum by Anglice ab hac subpagina tractatur. Vide etiam s.v. by.

Index 1 Anglice 1.1 Appellatio 1.2 Praepositio

[+/-] Anglice

Haec dictio adhuc stipula est. Amplificando eam adiuvabis Victionarium meliorari.

[+/-] Appellatio

• /baɪ/ (Americane)

[+/-] Praepositio

by

1. Prope; haud procul ab; circa.

   Come and sit by me.

2. Per; transeunti.

   They journeyed by sea.

3. Praeter.

   This bus goes by the church.

4. Per, indicans dimensiones:

   Six feet by four.

   Sex pedes per quattuor.

5. Indicans per quem; ut,
   1. auctorem:

      a sonata by Beethoven

   2. per quem aliquis adiurat:

      He swears by his poor old grandmother.

   3. per cuius auctoritatem vel potestatem:

      ten o’clock by my watch

   4. rationem vel proportionem:

      They sell eggs by the dozen.

6. Indicans differentiam in comparationibus:

   John is older than me by five years.

7. Indicans durationem:

   by night

8. Non serius quam:

   He’ll be here by two.