28.06.25: Level 3; the ablative absolute [6]: practice (2)

These examples show the way in which the ablative absolute phrase can be extended by the use of adjectives or demonstratives modifying the noun, or by phrases indicating, for example, where the action took place or when it took place or by whom it was done example:

cēterīs urbis captīs │ since the remaining cities have been captured

pecūniā in hortō inventā│when the money had been found in the garden

Urbe ab hostibus captā, Rōmānī discessērunt. │ with the city having been captured by the enemy, the Romans departed

Translate into English:

1. [Hīs rēbus | cognitīs], Caesar equitātum revocāvit.
2. [Cēterīs urbibus | captīs], Troiam ipsam mox capiēmus.
3. [Cēnā magnā | parātā], omnēs amīcī laetissimī erant.
4. [Pecūniā | in hortō | cēlātā], servī statim fūgērunt.
5. [Vestīmentīs | ā fūre | trāditis], puerī domum iērunt.
6. [Lūdīs │ in palaestrā │confectīs] │in tepidārium intrāvērunt.
7. [Fūre | ā Sextō | trāditō], dominus ē thermīs statim exiit.

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1. After these things had been known, Caesar called back the cavalry
2. Since the other cities have been captured, we will soon capture Troy itself.
3. Because a large dinner had been prepared, all the friends were very happy.
4. The money having been hidden in the garden, the slaves immediately fled.
5. Once the clothes had been handed over by the thief, the boys went home.
6. Sports having been completed in the exercise area, they entered into the warm room.
7. After the thief had been handed over by Sextus, the master immediately went out from the baths.