Ablative of comparison
What Ablative of comparison means in Latin A-Level, as defined for OCR.
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The second item stands in the ablative and quam is omitted, and it is regularly available when the first item is nominative or accusative.
A noun-phrase construction with no finite verb, such as fortior illo, to be distinguished from a comparative clause.
Topics that use Ablative of comparison
- 5d. Latin Accidence and Syntax - Syntax (OCR A-Level)
- 5d. Latin Accidence and Syntax - Syntax - Subordinate clauses (OCR A-Level)
Related terms
- Ablative absolute construction
- Accusative and infinitive distinguished
- Accusative and infinitive in indirect statement
- Ambiguity avoidance
- Case endings and grammatical function
- Clause relationship between condition and conclusion
- Clause types signalled by conjunctions
- Comparative clause
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