Ablative of Description or Ablative of Quality

Definition

The ablative of description or ablative of quality is a grammatical construction in Latin where the ablative case is used to provide additional information about a noun. It describes a characteristic or quality of the noun it modifies.

Related terms

Ablative case: This refers to one of the six cases in Latin, used to indicate various relationships such as location, means, manner, and more.

Nominative case: This refers to the case used for the subject of a sentence or the predicate nominative.

Genitive case: This refers to the case used to show possession or relationship between nouns.