Ob

Preposition used with Accusative only.
The circumflected accents are used to mark the vowels' length.

Non figurative usage

Space: right before

• ob oculos versari  to be moved about right before the eyes

Figurative usage

Cause: on account of, for the sake of, for

• eam ob rem  for this matter
• quam ob rem  for what matter
• ob rem publicam  for the sake of the republic
• ob eam causam  for this reason
• ob decem minas  for ten minas

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