§ 154. Locative.
The Locative denoted the place where. In the time of the Classical Latin it had gone out of use, and its place had been to a great extent taken by other cases, chiefly by the Ablative. It is often wrongly called a Genitive.
It was still used, however, in the following cases:
§ 155. Locative of the Place.—In names of Towns and Small Islands: Rōmae at Rome, Rhŏdī in Rhodes, Karthāgĭnī at Carthage; also hŭmī, terrae on-the-ground, dŏmī at home, rūrū in-the-country, bellī in-war, mīlătĭae in-warfare.
In a metaphorical sense we find ănĭmī, as aeger ănĭmī sick at heart.
§ 156. Locative of the Price.—The Amount at which anything is valued is put in the Locative: parvī sunt fŏrīs armă nĭsĭ est cōnsĭlĭum dŏmi arms are worth-little abroad unless there-is wisdom at-home. For a list of the Locatives so used, see § 326.
A Genitive of Price is found in plūris worth-more, mĭnōris worth less. It is due to the Locative forms in -ī being mistaken for Genitives.
Adjectives.
§ 157. Adjectives without Nouns.—Adjectives are found without Nouns where these can be readily supplied from the context: lēgātōs comprŏhendunt, noxĭōs interfĭcĭŭnt they arrest the- ambassadors, they put-to-death the guilty-ones.
158. Adjectives as Nouns. —Adjectives (and Pronouns) are often used by themselves in the Masculine gender to denote Males or Persons generally, in the Feminine to denote Females, and in the Neuter to denote Things: quĭd mĭnŭs lībĕrō dīgnum? what (thing) is less worthy of a free man? trīstĕ lŭpŭs stăbŭlīs the wolf (is) a-grievous-thing for the sheep-folds.
Several Adjectives are used so often with a particular
