30.05.25: Level 3; summary of of the uses of the ablative case [11]: [i] the ablative of time when [ii] the ablative of time within which; practice

Complete the Latin translations with the words and phrases listed below. All of them are examples of the ablative of time when.

In the first year he conquered the Helvetians and in the same year many tribes of Germans surrendered. │ __________ Helvētiōs vīcit, et __________ multae Germānōrum gentēs sēsē dēdidērunt.

At midday Julia calls him to dinner. │ __________ Iulia eum ad cēnam vocat.

In summer the farmers’ sons give help to (their) father. │__________ fīliī agricolae auxilium patrī dant.

That night the girl ran from the fields. │ __________ puella ab agrīs cucurrit.

In autumn the leaves fall. │ __________ folia dēcidunt.

on the twenty-second day │ __________ diē

In the same month the captives were also sent to Italy. │__________ captīvī quoque in Ītaliam missī sunt.

on the third day before the Ides of January │ __________ ante īdūs Iānuāriās

aestāte; alterō vīcēsimō; autumnō; diē tertiō; eōdem annō; eōdem mēnse; illā nocte; merīdiē; prīmō annō

[2] Complete the sentences with the phrases listed below. All of them are examples of the ablative of time within which:

In a few days’ time, I shall go to Rome. │ __________ Rōmam ībō.

The planet Saturn completes its orbit within thirty years. │ Stella Sāturnī __________ cursum cōnficit.

We will be parents in nine months’ time. │ __________ parentēs erimus.

We will capture the city within three hours. │ Urbem __________ capiēmus.

We will leave within three days. │ __________ discēdēmus.

Within a short time Cornelia is tired. │ __________ Cornēliā dēfessa est.

brevī tempore; novem mēnsibus; paucīs diēbus; tribus diēbus; tribus hōrīs; trīgintā annīs