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Noun ablative case has 1 sense
- ablative, ablative case - the case indicating the agent in passive sentences or the instrument or manner or place of the action described by the verb
--1 is a kind of oblique, oblique case
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Ablative Case
Definition: The ablative case is a grammatical case used in some languages, including Latin and Sanskrit, to indicate various meanings such as separation, movement from a place, instrumental, means, and time.
Examples
- Noun: In Latin, the ablative case is used to indicate the means or instrument by which an action is performed. Example: Ars poetica (The art of poetry).
- Adjective: When an adjective is placed in the ablative case, it can imply the manner or means by which something happens. Example: Felix cum laeta volat. (Happy, she flies with joy).
- Pronoun: The pronoun "cum" in Latin changes its form in the ablative case. Example: Cum bono amico ibo. (I will go with a good friend).
- Verb: Latin verbs can also be used in the ablative case to denote the accompanying circumstances or time during which an action takes place. Example: Dormiebas undecima hora noctis. (You were sleeping at the eleventh hour of the night).
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