LATIN:  The Ablative Case




 
Concept
LITERAL IDEA
EXTENDED IDEA
I. "Where?" A) PLACE WHERE (in-which) (in)

 

a1) TIME WHEN
a2) TIME-WITHIN-WHICH

 

II. "Whence?" B) PLACE-FROM-WHICH (ex, de, ab)

 

b1) ORIGIN
b2) PRICE
b3) MEASURE (degree-of-difference)
b4) MATERIAL (always with ex)
b5) RESPECT (`comparison')

 

III. "Wherewith?" C) ATTENDANCE ('accompaniment') (cum)

 

c1) MANNER     (with adj: NO prep.)
                             (no adj.: USE prep.)
(c2) QUALITY

 

    D) AGENT (ab)

 

d) MEANS
     INSTRUMENT (no preposition)

 

IV. "Why?"  

 

e) CAUSE (w/ verbs of emotion)

 

V.   Modification of a verbal predicate of a sentence (a subordinate clause)

 

f) ABLATIVE ABSOLUTE

 

 

May 26, 2009 1:43 PM

John Paul Adams, CSUN
john.p.adams@csun.edu

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