PREPOSITIONAL PHRASES
REVIEW
Nominative Case Endings = subject of a sentence
Accusative Case Endings = direct object of a
sentence
Case Endings = an ending on a NOUN in LATIN
that changes how the noun is used in the
sentence.
English: Mrs. Newell loves Bon Jovi.
Latin: magistra Newell amat Bongiovum.
THE ABLATIVE CASE
The Ablative Case endings on a noun tell
you the noun is the object of a
prepositional phrase in Latin. We’ve seen
many!
in atriō, in cubiculō, in viā
The Ablative endings you know:
-ō, -ā
Names for the prep. Phrases
Ablative Place Where
Tells you the LOCATION where
something or someone is.
PRACTICE…
Identify the CASE of the following
nouns.
1. Metella -_____ 2. Caecilium - ____
3. hortō - ______ 4. culīnam - ______
5. viā - ______
Translate the following sentences,
identify the case of each noun.
1. canis latrat coquum in viā.
2.
in hortō servus laborat.
3. pavonem coquit Grumio in culinā.
Uses of the Ablative and Accusative
Cases

Ablative Place Where
◦ e.g. in forō

Ablative Place From Which
◦ e.g. ex villā

Accusative Place to Which
◦ e.g ad villam

Ablative of Accompaniment
◦ e.g. cum Caeciliō