Specific Verbs and Adjectives taking the Ablative Case
Certain words in Latin take the ablative case, instead of the accusative. The following table shows all
of these contained in the OCR GCSE. The first column shows the Latin
word and it's parts, and the second shows the English, including the
literal meaning in brackets.
| Latin |
English |
absum
abesse
afui |
I am away (from) |
dignus
digna
dignum |
worthy (of doing something) |
gaudeo
gaudere
gavisus sum |
I rejoice (in/for) |
plenus
plena
plenum |
full (of) |
utor
uti
usus sum |
I use (to something) |
This page was written by Ben Bloor.
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