Expertlatin
- What is ablative and accusative?
- What case is ablative?
- What are accusative and ablative cases in Latin?
- Is De ablative or accusative?
What is ablative and accusative?
Ablative with prepositions
In the case of the first two, the accusative indicates motion, and the ablative indicates no motion. For instance, in urbe means "in the city"; in urbem, "into the city". In the case of super, the accusative means "above" or "over", and the ablative means "concerning".
What case is ablative?
(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".
What are accusative and ablative cases in Latin?
Accusative (accusativus): Direct object of the verb and object with many prepositions. Ablative (ablativus): Used to show means, manner, place, and other circumstances. Usually translated by the objective with the prepositions "from, by, with, in, at."
Is De ablative or accusative?
Medieval Latin – using the preposition de to express 'of'. de is followed by the ablative case.
