ablative
/ab-luh-tiv/US // ˈæb lə tɪv //UK // (ˈæblətɪv) grammar //
离散型,离散性,离体式,离子体
Definitions
adj.形容词 adjective
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- : noting a case that has among its functions the indication of place from which or, as in Latin, place in which, manner, means, instrument, or agent.
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : the ablative case. Abbreviation: abl.
- : a word in that case, as Troiā in Latin Aenēas Troiā vēnit, “Aeneas came from Troy.”
Examples
Its origin is involved in obscurity: but may it not be a corruption of the Latin ambages, or the singular ablative ambage?
The first three lines might have been expressed by an ablative absolute in two words—Troia euersa.
As in other Indo-Aryan languages, comparison is effected by putting the noun with which comparison is made in the ablative case.
When they come to die, they leave earth with but a single regret: they have never been able fully to compass the ablative.
Satis habere is in construction with an infinitive; contentum esse, generally with an ablative, or with quod.
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