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Use the fоllоwing drоpdown menus to select the correct forms to complete the аblаtive аbsolute corresponding to the English: with the city having been captured: urbe [capta] with citizens loving their country: cīvibus patriam eōrum [amantibus] with our friends about to leave: nostrīs amīcīs [discessuris] with the mother seeing her daughter: vidente fīliam eius [matre] with the tyrant having been defeated: tyrannō [superato] with freedom having been saved: [libertate] cōnservātā with the Republic defeating the enemy: rē pūblicā hostēs [vincente]
Recоgnizing аblаtives Nоw thаt yоu've seen all the noun declensions in Latin, and because ablative absolutes as so common, it's a good idea to be able to quickly identify the ablative (and, for that matter, all cases). Consider adding to your reviews a "synopsis" of the ablative, where instead of reviewing a single declension, you review all of the ablative singulars (e.g. portā-amīcō-dōnō-rēge-corpore-cīve-marī-frūctū-cornū-rē). To augment this, you can combine these forms with participles, to get used to seeing the combinations of nouns and adjectives, for example: first declension: portā laudante/laudantī*, laudātā, laudātūrā ("with the gate praising, having been praised, about to praise") second declension masculine: amīcō laudante/laudantī*, laudātō, laudātūrō ("with the friend praising, having been praised, about to praise") second declension neuter: dōnō laudante/laudantī*, laudātō, laudātūrō ("with the gift praising, having been praised, about to praise") third declension masculine: rēge laudante/laudantī*, laudātō, laudātūrō ("with the king praising, having been praised, about to praise") ... and so on. You can do this for singular and plural; you could also add paradigm adjectives! (magnā portā laudātā, etc.) *a note on the ablative singular in present active participles: although the present active participle declines as an i-stem adjective -- that is, with an -ī in the ablative singular, this often reverts to an -e in the ablative singular, especially when the participle is in a participle construction (rather than being used descriptively). In other words, look out for these forms ending in either -ī (e.g. laudantī) or -e (e.g. laudante)!
"Tо be" in аblаtive аbsоlutes There is nо present active or perfect passive participle of the verb sum, esse in Latin. There is a future active participle, futūrus -a -um, and this is what we see as the verb's fourth principal part. It is still possible to imply the verb "to be" in ablative absolutes, however, when we form an ablative absolute from two ablative nouns or an ablative noun and an adjective. Consider the following example: Caesare duce, rēs pūblica valet. With Caesar being leader, the Republic is strong. Here, although there is no participle strictly present, we assume the verb "to be" between the two ablative nouns, Caesare and dūce. This is a fairly frequent use of the ablative absolute; we could also translate this: "With Caesar as leader, the Republic is strong"; or, "Since Caesar is leader, the Republic is strong." The same can be said for nouns and adjectives: cīvibus fortibus, urbs servāta est. With the citizens being brave, the city was saved. Now we have an ablative noun (cīvibus) accompanied by an ablative adjective (fortibus); the same effect is produced. We could also say: "When the citizens were brave, the city was saved." So, keep an eye out for ablatives placed side-by-side like this -- they could be a covert ablative absolute!