§ 147. Genitive with Adjectives.—Many Adjectives, especially those containing a Verbal Notion, take a Complement in the Genitive. See § 316.
For the so-called "Genitive of Place" see § 154; and for the Genitive of Price see § 156*.
Ablative.
§ 148. The Ablative has a great variety of usages, which may be considered under three heads:—A. Place whence (the Ablative Proper); B. Means or instrument (the Instrumental Ablative); C. Place where (the Locative Ablative).
§ 149. A. Ablative Proper.—Usually to be translated from.
Motion from a Place. Without a Preposition, only names of Towns and small Islands, and rūrĕ, dŏmō: fūgĭt Cŏrinthō he fled from-Corinth, rūrĕ advĕnĭō I arrive from-the-country.
With other words a Preposition must be used ; as, ex Asĭa from Asia.
Origin.—Iŏvĕ prōgnātŭs descended from-Jupiter.
"Ablaltive of the Agent" with ā or ăb.—The Ablative with ăb or ā (lit. from) is used with Passive Verbs of the Person who is the Source of the Action, that is the Agent; laudāmŭr ăb hīs, culpāmŭr ăb illīs we-are-praiscd by these-persons, we-are-blamed by those.
Abl. of Separation.—With Verbs signifying Removing, Depriving, etc., especially when compounded with the Prepositions ăb and dē, ex and sē: pellĕrĕ cāstrīs to drive from-the-camp, armīs spŏlĭārĕ to strip of-his-armour; urbĕ exīrĕ to-go-out of-the-town.
Abl. of Comparison.—After Comparative Adjectives and Adverbs. We "start from" the thing with which comparison is made. This Ablative is translated than ; quid măgĭs est saxō dūrum, quid mollĕŭs undā? what is more hard than stone, what softer than water?
§ 150. B. Instrumental Ablative.—This denotes that
