ablative case
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(grammar) A noun case used in some languages to indicate movement away from something, removal, separation. In English grammar, it corresponds roughly to the use in English of prepositions of
, from
, away from
, and concerning
. In Latin grammar, the ablative case (cāsus ablātīvus) includes functions derived from the Indo-European ablative, instrumental, comitative, associative and locative cases; these cases express concepts similar to those of the English prepositions of
/from
, by
, with
, to
/with
, and at
/in
, respectively. Here/hence/hither, there/thence/thither, and where/whence/whither are the only English words with separate forms for the ablative (motion away from) and lative (motion towards) cases.
ablative case
When I first studied Latin, I struggled to understand how the ablative case could express both separation and means.
When I first studied Latin, I struggled to understand how the ablative case could express both separation and means.
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