Uses of the Ablative
Verbs
Case and Number
Deities
Potpourri
100

In cubiculo dormio.

location

100

He is

est

100

piscina/

abl. sing.

100

sky, thunder, lightning bolt

Jupiter

100

ramus arboris

branch of the tree

200

Nocte dormio.

Time

200

you(s) like

amas

200

viri

gen. sing./nom. pl.

200

beauty, love

Venus

200

Dormio ad canem.

I sleep near the dog.

300

Ab ianua/ dormio.

Obj. prep.

300

they see

vident

300

servum

acc. sing.

300

sun, music, medicine

Apollo

300

Slave who tutors

paedogogus

400

Magna/ voce non dormio.

manner

400
you (all) read

legitis

400

matrum

gen. plur.

400

blacksmith, fire

Vulcan
400

Queen of Carthage, suitor of Aeneas and spurned

Dido

500
Stylo scribo.

Means

500

we hinder

impedimus

500

principi

dat. sing.

500

hearth, home

Vesta

500

Coffee for a Roman

D (destined) and D (divine)