Advanced Topics in Latin -- Ablatives v. Genitives

Used with definite numbers and typically when the price of something is known.

• Ablative of Price

• Genitive of Value

Used to show unknown price or category of price (e.g. "high").

• Genitive of Value

• Ablative of Price

Most common construction to show a category into which something falls.

• Partitive Genitive

• Partitive Ablative

Used to show category into which something falls. Often used when cardinal numbers are involved.

• Partitive Ablative

• Partitive Genitive

Erat murus decem pedum altitudine.

• Genitive of Measure

• Ablative of Respect

• Genitive of Description

• Ablative of Description

Erat murus decem pedum altitudine.

• Ablative of Respect

• Genitive of Measure

• Genitive of Description

• Ablative of Description

Magnus Nick est vir summo ingenio.

• Ablative of Description

• Genitive of Description

• Ablative Absolute

• Genitive of Material

Magnus Nick est vir summi ingenii.

• Genitive of Description

• Ablative of Description

• Partitive Genitive

• Partitive Ablative

Est statue de aere.

• Ablative of Material

• Genitive of Material

• Ablative Object of Preposition

• Genitive Object of Preposition

Est statua aeris.

• Genitive of Material

• Genitive of Description

• Ablative of Description

• Ablative of Respect