Ablatives

The Ablative Case in Latin is often used with prepositions, including ab, cum, de, ex, but it is also used on its own. Here are the types of ablatives:

• separation
• attendant circumstances
• agent
• comparison
• description
• place from which
• agent
• specification
• description
• absolute
• place from
• cause
• degree of difference
• separation
• time within which

For English examples of how these types of ablatives are used, see Latin Grammar Aid