All of the following phrases are ablative absolutes; translate them into English using, at this stage, the literal construction ‘with X having been Y-ed’
Examples:
urbe ¦ captā │ with the city ¦ having been captured
servō monitō │ with the slave having been warned
- urbe incēnsā
- cōnsule interfectō
- librō lectō
- epistulā scriptā
- oppidō oppugnātō
- mīlitibus revocatīs
- hīs litterīs acceptīs
- hīs verbīs dictīs
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- with the city having been set on fire
- with the consul having been killed
- with the book having been read
- with the letter having been writeen
- with the town having been attacked
- with the soldiers having been recalled
- with this / these letter(s) having been received
- with these words having been said
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