ER 44 Ablative Absolute English to Latin

Fill in the missing ablative absolute:

(a)   , incolae discessērunt.

With the apartment buildings destroyed, the inhabitants left.

īnsula, -ae, f.: apartment building

dēleō, dēlēre, dēlēvī, dēlētus: to destroy

Fill in the missing ablative absolute:

(a)   , incolae fūgērunt.

With the apartment buildings about to collapse, the inhabitants fled.

īnsula, -ae, f.: apartment building

collābor, collābī, collāpsus sum: to collapse

Fill in the missing ablative absolute:

(a)   , incolae discessērunt.

With the apartment buildings having collapsed, the inhabitants left.

īnsula, -ae, f.: apartment building

collābor, collābī, collāpsus sum: to collapse

Fill in the missing ablative absolute:

(a)   , incolae discessērunt.

With the apartment buildings collapsing, the inhabitants left.

īnsula, -ae, f.: apartment building

collābor, collābī, collāpsus sum: to collapse

Fill in the missing ablative absolute:

(a)   , grammāticus discēbat.

With the young man having left, the teacher kept teaching.

adulēscēns, adulēscentis, m.: young man

ēgredior, ēgredī, ēgressus sum: to leave

Fill in the missing ablative absolute:

(a)   , grammāticus discēbat.

With the young man about to leave, the teacher kept teaching.

adulēscēns, adulēscentis, m.: young man

ēgredior, ēgredī, ēgressus sum: to leave

Fill in the missing ablative absolute:

(a)   , grammāticus discēbat.

With the young man leaving, the teacher kept teaching.

adulēscēns, adulēscentis, m.: young man

ēgredior, ēgredī, ēgressus sum: to leave

Fill in the missing ablative absolute:

(a)   , pater labōrāre nōn poterat.

With the children shouting, the father could not work

līberī, līberōrum, m. pl.: children

clāmō, clāmāre, clāmāvī, clāmātus: to shout

Fill in the missing ablative absolute:

(a)   , pater "Dēsistite!" clamāvit.

With the children about to run, the father yelled, "Stop!"

līberī, līberōrum, m. pl.: children

currō, currere, cucurrī, cursus: to run

Fill in the missing ablative absolute:

(a)   , pater in atriō exspectābat.

With the children summoned, the father was waiting in the atrium.

līberī, līberōrum, m. pl.: children

arcessō, arcessere, arcessīvī, arcessītus