ablative material on a rocket cone. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Adjective : the ablative nose cone of a rocket. From Dictionary.com.
This is clearly an ablative relation, and the construction is called the «ablative of the measure of difference». From Wordnik.com. [Latin for Beginners] Reference
This idea is expressed in Latin by the ablative without a preposition, and the construction is called the «ablative of cause». From Wordnik.com. [Latin for Beginners] Reference
This idea is expressed in Latin by the ablative without a preposition, and the construction is called the «ablative of means». From Wordnik.com. [Latin for Beginners] Reference
Father of Eleven calls his blog Nihilo, the ablative case of the Latin word for nothing. From Wordnik.com. [WWJHMD? - BatesLine] Reference
The closest parallel I have found for this compressed use of the ablative is the idiom at v 7. From Wordnik.com. [The Last Poems of Ovid] Reference
Participants at the meeting concluded that the government needed to regulate the use of the procedure, called ablative surgery. From Wordnik.com. [China Bans Irreversible Brain Procedure] Reference
We say 'would be.' aetáte, ablative of specification. From Wordnik.com. [Ritchie's Fabulae Faciles A First Latin Reader] Reference
Compare 5, 10. hóc stípendió, ablative of separation. From Wordnik.com. [Ritchie's Fabulae Faciles A First Latin Reader] Reference
See the note on 3, 16. 20. hóc modó, ablative of manner. From Wordnik.com. [Ritchie's Fabulae Faciles A First Latin Reader] Reference
(This is an instance of the ablative with 'lyap' understood). From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12] Reference
In Sanskrit the ablative has sometimes the sense of 'through'. From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12] Reference
Respecting the ablative denoting separation or privation, see Zumpt. From Wordnik.com. [C. Sallusti Crispi De Bello Catilinario Et Jugurthino] Reference
See the note on 7, 12. 25. inimícó animó, ablative of description. From Wordnik.com. [Ritchie's Fabulae Faciles A First Latin Reader] Reference
We say 'river Styx,' but 'Mississippi River.' quó, ablative of means. From Wordnik.com. [Ritchie's Fabulae Faciles A First Latin Reader] Reference
Post is here an adverb, and paucís annís ablative of degree of difference. From Wordnik.com. [Ritchie's Fabulae Faciles A First Latin Reader] Reference
Compare 5, 8 and 10, 21. 24. incrédibilí celeritáte, ablative of description. From Wordnik.com. [Ritchie's Fabulae Faciles A First Latin Reader] Reference
Paul, who had been wool-gathering, went back to nominative, dative, and ablative. From Wordnik.com. [Despair's Last Journey] Reference
I didn't go to the door with him; I scarcely looked up from Boy's ablative absolutes. From Wordnik.com. [The Bacillus of Beauty A Romance of To-day] Reference
The difficulty lies in the first line; the ablative is to be taken as yabartha or lyablope. From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 Books 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18] Reference
The merchandise, in return for which another commodity is given, is expressed by the ablative. From Wordnik.com. [C. Sallusti Crispi De Bello Catilinario Et Jugurthino] Reference
See the note on 9, 5. ínsciente patre, 'without the knowledge of her father,' ablative absolute. From Wordnik.com. [Ritchie's Fabulae Faciles A First Latin Reader] Reference
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