11.06.25: Level 3; summary of of the uses of the ablative case [13]: the ablative of description / quality

Discussed here:

https://adckl.blogspot.com/2024/04/080324-ablative-of-description-quality.html

and: Beasts in Egypt and Libya [2]; ablative of description (quality); ablative of respect

https://adckl.blogspot.com/2025/02/300425-level-3-beasts-in-egypt-and.html

https://adckl2.blogspot.com/2025/02/level-3-beasts-in-egypt-and-libya-2.html

Latin tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_1xx9iC0t8

The ablative without a preposition is used here to describe either a person’s physical features or their personal qualities, the construction using an adjective + noun both of which are in the ablative case.

vir ¦ magnō nasō │ a man ¦ with a big nose

vir ¦ [i] barbā albā et [ii] capillō prōmissō │ a man ¦ [i] with a white beard and [ii] long hair

fēmina ¦ oculīs caeruleīs│a lady ¦ with blue eyes

senex ¦ [i] cānīs capillīs et [ii] veste sordidā  │ an old man [i] with grey hair and [ii] dirty clothing

mulier ¦ eximiā pulchritūdine │ a woman ¦ of exceptional beauty

vir ¦ magnā prudentiā │ a man ¦ of great wisdom

Puerī ¦ statūrā parvā ¦ sunt. │ The boys are ¦ small in stature (of small stature).