Many nouns in the ablative occur as objects of
prepositions, making them part of adverbial modifier prepositional
phrases. Semantically, they express the following ideas (examples
given after each):
 | Accompaniment (+ cum): "with" + animate noun or (+ sine):
"without |
| Agent (+ a/ab): "by"; example: Alii ab indice nominati
sunt, "others were named by
accuser"; this is used for persons and other animate beings while
the ablative of means is used for inanimate things. |
| Manner (+ de): "with" + inanimate noun |
| Place Where (+ in, "in", sub, "under", or super,
"above, over"; example: in agro laborat "he/she works in the field";
occasionally, the preposition will be omitted, example: terra
marique pugnabant, "they fought on land and sea). |
| Separation (+ a/ab, de, or ex): "from" with
motion verbs; example: ab urbe venit, "he came from the
city", e silva cucurrit, "he ran from the forest", de
monte descendit, "he came down from the mountain".
With the names of towns and with domo, no preposition is needed
(the Ablative of Place from Which) |
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Other
Ablative Uses
Ablatives with Prepositions
Ablative of Comparison
Degree of Difference
Ablative of Manner
Ablative of Means
Ablative Object
Ablative of Origin
Ablative of Place from Which
Ablative of Price
Ablative of Quality
Ablative of Separation
Ablative with Adjectives
Ablative of Time When
Ablative of Time Within Which
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