REVIEW OF THE ABLATIVE 191
LESSON LXXVIII
REVIEW OF THE ABLATIVE
453. The relations of the ablative are, in general, expressed in English by the prepositions with (or by), from (or by), and in (or at). The constructions growing out of these meanings are
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I. Ablative rendered with (or by): |
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1. Cause (§ 102) 2. Means (§ 103) 3. Accompaniment (§ 104) 4. Manner (§ 105) 5. Measure of difference (§ 317) 6. With a participle (ablative absolute) (§ 381) 7. Description or quality (§§ 444, <a href = "#sec445">445</a>) 8. Specification (§ 398) |
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II. Ablative rendered from (or by): |
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1. Place from which (§§ 179, 264) 2. Ablative of separation (§ 180) 3. Personal agent with a passive verb (§ 181) 4. Comparison without quam (§ 309) |
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III. Ablative rendered in (or at): |
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1. Place at or in which (§§ 265, 266) 2. Time when or within which (§ 275) |
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EXERCISES
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- Gallī locīs superiōribus occupātīs itinere exercitum prohibēre cōnantur.
- Omnēs oppidānī ex oppidō ēgressī salūtem fugā petere incēpērunt.
- Caesar docet sē mīlitum vītam suā salūte habēre multō cāriōrem.
- Cum celerius omnium opīniōne pervēnisset, hostēs ad eum obsidēs mīsērunt
- Vīcus in valle positus montibus altissimīs undique continētur.
- Plūrimum inter Gallōs haec gēns et virtūte et hominum numerō valēbat.
- Secundā vigiliā nūllō certō ōrdine neque imperiō ē castrīs ēgressī sunt.
- Duābus legiōnibus Genāvae relictīs,
