since (prep.) Copy link Outline 1. ex, ē (with abl.)2. ăb, ā (with abl.; less precise in its force than ex, which latter denotes immediate sequence, whereas ab simply gives a date)3. post (with acc.) • since (prep.): 1. ex, ē (with abl.): esp. in such phrr. as, ex quo, ex eo, ever s. the time when ..., Virg. Aen. 2, 163 and 169 (but though this constr. is used by Liv., Caes. and Cic. always express the subs.: cf. Cic. Quint. 5, fin., itaque ex eo tempore, res esse ... coepit: ever s. the building of the bridge had been begun, ex eo tempore quo pons institui coeptus est, Caes. B. G. 4, 18). 2. ăb, ā (with abl.; less precise in its force than ex, which latter denotes immediate sequence, whereas ab simply gives a date): esp. with jam, inde, usque: ever s. that time, jam ab illo tempore, Cic. Fam. 2, 16: ever s. the beginning of this empire, jam inde a principio hujus imperii, Cic. Prov. 13, 33: Liv.: s. Romulus to the present day, usque a Romulo, id. Vat. 8, 20: ever s. (I, he) was a child, a puero, a parvulo, etc.: cf. L. G. § 589. 3. post (with acc.): s. the creation of man, post homines natos, Cic. Br. 62, 224: so, post genus hominum natum, id. Bal. 10, 26. See also since, conj. (I.).