Thus the Ablative Absolute may correspond to a
clause denoting--
a) Time, as in the foregoing examples.
b) Condition; as,--
omn?“s virt?«t?“s jacent, volupt??te dominante, _all virtues lie prostrate,
if pleasure is master_.
c) Opposition; as,--
perdit?«s omnibus r?“bus, virt?«s s?“ sustent??re potest, _though everything
else is lost, yet Virtue can maintain herself_.
d) Cause; as,--
n?«ll?? adversante r?“gnum obtinuit, _since no one opposed him, he secured
the throne_.
e) Attendant circumstance; as,--
pass?«s palm?«s p??cem pet?«v?“runt, _with hands outstretched, they sued for
peace_.
3. An Infinitive or clause sometimes occurs in the Ablative Absolute
construction, especially in Livy and later writers; as,--
aud?«t?? eum f?«gisse, _when it was heard that he had fled_.
4. A noun or pronoun stands in the Ablative Absolute construction only when
it denotes a different person or thing from any in the clause in which it
stands. Exceptions to this principle are extremely rare.
LOCATIVE USES OF THE ABLATIVE.
Ablative of Place.
_A. Place where._
228. The place where is regularly denoted by the _Ablative with a
preposition_; as,--
in urbe habitat, _he dwells in the city_.
1. But certain words stand in the Ablative without a preposition; viz.
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