Definition of Ablatives

1. Noun. (plural of ablative) ¹

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Definition of Ablatives

1. ablative [n] - See also: ablative

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ablatives

ablate
ablated
ablates
ablating
ablatio placentae
ablation
ablations
ablatitious
ablatival
ablative
ablative absolute
ablative absolutes
ablative case
ablative cases
ablatively
ablatives (current term)
ablativity
ablator
ablators
ablaut
ablauting
ablauts
ablaze
ablaze(p)
able
able-bodied
able-bodied seaman
able-bodied seamen
able-bodiedism
able-bodiedness

Literary usage of Ablatives

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Progressive Series of Inductive Lessons in Latin: Based on Material Drawn by John Tetlow (1889)
"OBSERVATION AND INFERENCE: What do the ablatives in the foregoing examples express ? Frame a rule for these and similar ablatives. 518. ..."

2. A Second Latin Exercise Book with Hints for Higher Latin Prose Composition by John Barrow Allen (1904)
"Collocation of ablatives Absolute. As may be supposed, the Ablative Absolute plays a highly useful part in the construction of Latin Periods. ..."

3. Selected Essays on Language, Mythology and Religion by Friedrich Max Müller (1881)
"... 'Are there ablatives in D with the meaning of the Locative ?' 11 GLADLY comply with your wish that I should write down for yon my views on the ..."

4. The Latin Ladder: Introductory to Caesar by Robert Williamson Tunstall (1913)
"Study 563, and give the Latin for The man is taller than the boy by one foot. State the rule, and apply it to the example. (a) Note especially the ablatives ..."

5. Lessons in Latin Prose: Consisting of Rules and Exercises and Forming an by W. W. Bradley (1873)
"The ablatives of the Agent and Instrument. Rule. The person by whom a thing is done ia called the agent, and is put after a passive verb or past passive ..."

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