Prae

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

Non figurative usage

Space (with the personal and reflexive pronouns): before, in front of

• Milites exuvias prae se portant.

The soldiers are bearing the booty before themselves.

Figurative usage

Cause of hindrance (with nouns of affect): in view of, because of

• Prae metu loqui non potesst.

[He] is not able to speak because of fear.