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82 § 147. —Many Adjectives, especially those containing a Verbal Notion, take a Complement in the Genitive. See § 316.

§ 148. The Ablative has a great variety of usages, which may be considered under three heads:—A. Place whence (the Ablative Proper); B. Means or instrument (the Instrumental Ablative); C. Place where (the Locative Ablative).

§ 149. —Usually to be translated from.

Motion from a Place. Without a Preposition, only names of Towns and small Islands, and rūrĕ, dŏmō: fūgĭt Cŏrinthō he fled from-Corinth, rūrĕ advĕnĭō I arrive from-the-country. With other words a Preposition must be used ; as, ex Asĭa from Asia.

Origin.—Iŏvĕ prōgnātŭs descended from-Jupiter.

''Abl. of Separation.—With Verbs signifying Removing, Depriving, etc., especially when compounded with the Prepositions ăb and dē, ex and sē: pellĕrĕ cāstrīs to drive from-the-camp, armīs spŏlĭārĕ to strip of-his-armour; urbĕ exīrĕ to-go-out of-the-town.'' ''Abl. of Comparison.''—After Comparative Adjectives and Adverbs. We "start from" the thing with which comparison is made. This Ablative is translated than ; quid măgĭs est saxō dūrum, quid mollĕŭs undā? what is more hard than stone, what softer than water? § 150. —This denotes that