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object of a preposition

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Noun1.object of a preposition - the object governed by a preposition
object - (grammar) a constituent that is acted upon; "the object of the verb"


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Prepositional phrases consist of a preposition and an object of a preposition and perform a number of sentence functions that include: Particles, Heads The Prepositional Phrases, Complements of Phrases, Adverb Modifying a Verb, Adjective Modifying a Noun, or functioning as nouns but are not real nouns and are referred to as Nominals.
In ad deum you have the accusative, the object of a preposition, while dei, in the next line, is the genitive form.
 
 
 
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