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Latin
Pronunciation
Noun
ablātīvus reī efficientis m (genitive ablātīvī reī efficientis); second declension
- (grammar) ablative of causing fact
Usage notes
- A distinction is drawn by some Latin classicists between the ablātīvus īnstrūmentī, which is used to denote the cause in both active and passive sentences, and the ablātīvus reī efficientis, which is used in passive sentences and corresponds to the nominative representing an inanimate subject in active sentences. The ablātīvus reī efficientis is also distinguished from the ablātīvus auctōris, which corresponds to an animate subject in active sentences. The ablātīvus auctōris is used with the preposition ā (ab), but the ablātīvus reī efficientis is used without a preposition. For example:
- Animate subject and ablātīvus īnstrūmentī in an active sentence:
Deus mundum sōle illūstrat.- God lights the world with the sun.
- Ablātīvus auctōris and ablātīvus īnstrūmentī in a passive sentence:
Mundus ā Deō sōle illūstrātur.- The world is lit by God with the sun.
Sōl mundum illūstrat.- The sun lights the world.
- Ablātīvus reī efficientis:
Sōle mundus illūstrātur.- The world is lit by the sun.
Declension
Second-declension noun with an indeclinable portion.
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