Key to Worksheet for Reading Latin 4B

• oppidis: abl. of comparison ("true" ablative)

• nomine: instrumental abl.

• more: abl. of manner (instrumental/accompaniment)

• otio: abl. with utor (instrumental)

• pace: abl. with utor (instrumental)

• bello: there are a number of ways you could take this abl. (and the following calamitatibus) -- as an instrumental abl., a figurative use of the locative abl. ("amid ..."), or even perhaps an abl. of attendant circumstances (although technically the preposition cum is required for this construction when no adjective modifies the noun)

• tempore: abl. of time when or within which (locative)

• gravitatis: gen. of description

• Philodamo: dat. of possession

• modis: abl. of manner (instrumental/accompaniment)

• temporibus: abl. of time when or within which (locative)

• modo: abl. of manner (instrumental/accompaniment)

• vi: abl. of manner (instrumental/accompaniment) or instrumental abl.

• consilio: abl. with utor (instrumental)

• existimationis: gen. of description

• celeritate: abl. of manner (instrumental/accompaniment)

• more: abl. of manner (instrumental/accompaniment)

• poculis: instrumental abl.

• sermonibus: instrumental abl.

• tempore: abl. of time when or within which (locative)

• laetitia: instrumental abl.

• gravitate: abl. of description (instrumental/accompaniment)

• convivio: locative abl. (with in)

• viris: abl. of accompaniment (with cum)

• nocte: abl. of time when or within which (locative)

• celeritate: abl. of manner (instrumental/accompaniment)

• ferro: instrumental abl.

• tempore: abl. of time when or within which (locative)

• igni: instrumental abl.

• eis: dat. of reference (with melius) or indirect object with dixerunt

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