Ablative of Price

The ablative without a preposition is used to express the price paid for something.  Unlike the genitive of price which give a general value of something, the ablative of price gives the specific price.  Here is an example:
bullethunc equum centum sestertiis emi, "I bought this horse for 100 sestertii".

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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Last Updated March 18, 2003

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