4th and 5th Declension

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4th and 5th Declension Ablative Uses

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Ablative of Place From Which

• Almost always involves a verb of motion from one
  place to another
• Almost always uses ab, de, or ex
• Ex nauta ab Italia ad Graeciam navigavit.

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Ablative of Separation

• No active movement of location
• Implies that someone or something is separated
  from another
• Sometimes there is no preposition, especially
  with verbs meaning to lack, to free, or to
  deprive
• When there is a preposition, it is ab, ex, or de
• Ex vir pecunia caret.

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Ablative of Place Where

• Usually in or sub with a noun in the ablative
  that describes where something or someone is, or
  where something is done
• Ex Vir in parva casa legit.

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Summary of Ablative Uses

• with a preposition
• accompaniment (w/ cum)
• manner (w/ cum)
• place where (in and sub)
• place from which (ab, de, ex)
• separation (ab, de, ex)
• personal agent (ab)
• cardinal numbers to indicate a group of which
  some part is specified (ex, de)
• without a preposition
• means/instrument
• manner
• time when
• time within which
• separation (esp w/ ideas of freeing, lacking,
  depriving)

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Fourth Declension

• Has genitive in us
• Most of the nouns are masculine
• Some feminine (eg manus, domus)
• Few neuters (nom. ending in -u)
• The characteristic u appears in all endings
  except dat/abl pl

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Fourth Declension
M/F Sg Pl
Nom -us -us
Gen -us -uum
Dat -ui -ibus
Acc -um -us
Abl -u -ibus
N Sg Pl
Nom -u -ua
Gen -us -uum
Dat -u -ibus
Acc -u -ua
Abl -u -ibus
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Fifth Declension

• Genitive in ei or ei
• (e long when preceeded by vowel
• eg diei, but rei)
• All the nouns of this declension are feminine
  except dies and meridies, which are masc

Sg Pl
Nom -es -es
Gen -ei, -ei -erum
Dat -ei, -ei -ebus
Acc -em -es
Abl -e -ebus