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§ 326.

Locative.

The Locatives denoting value are: tantī so much,quantī how much, māgnī, permāgnī, māxĭmī, plūrimi a great deal, parvī, mĭnĭmī a little, nĭhĭlĭ nought; and with Negatives, floccī, naucī a trifle, pĭlī a hair, etc.

Aequī bŏnī făcĕrĕ, bŏnī cōnsŭlĕrĕ to take in good part, are also Locatives. So probably cordī in hōc mĭhĭ cordī est I have this at heart.

§ 327. Examples of the Construction of Price.

Quantī[1] emptum est? parvī[2]	How much did it cost? A little.
Dīmĭdiō[3] mĭnōrĭs[4] cōnstat	It costs less than half.

Translation of English Prepositions.

§ 328. The English Prepositions are sometimes represented in Latin by Prepositions and sometimes simply by the Case endings.

§ 329. To and from and the Dative.—In English to or from must often be used to translate the Dative (see § 140).

But, as the Dative only indicates Relation, Prepositions must be used if actual movement to or from is meant. Thus mīttō tĭbĭ auxĭlĭum I send help to you, but mīttō nūntĭum ăd tē I send a messenger to you; vestem hŏmĭnĭ dētraxĭt he pulled the man's clothes off, but dētraxĭt ānŭlum dē dĭgĭtō he pulled the ring off his finger, turbae mē ērĭpŭĭt he rescued me from the crowd, but ex turbā mē ērĭpŭĭt he rescued me out of the crowd.

§ 330. To,from,at,in, of Place—With names of Towns and Islands small enough to be considered one place,

To	$\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}$	are epxressed by the	$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	Acc.	simply
From				Abl.
At, in				Loc. (or Abl.)

See §§ 133, 149, 155, 151.

But Prepositions must be inserted with—

(1) All other Proper names: īrĕ ăd Ăsĭam to go to

1. Locative.
2. Abl. of Cost (the amount paid being the means). Parvī might also have been used.
3. Abl. of Comparison.
4. Genitive of Price (by confusion with the Locative),