Discussed here: Beasts in Egypt and Libya [2]; ablative of description (quality); ablative of respect
https://adckl.blogspot.com/2025/02/300425-level-3-beasts-in-egypt-and.html
https://adckl2.blogspot.com/2025/02/level-3-beasts-in-egypt-and-libya-2.html
Latin tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TsOyjHhxK-k
The ablative of respect is used to indicate in what respect something ‘is’ or is done:
magnitūdine ¦ taurīs sunt similēs │ They are similar to bulls … > In what respect are they similar? Can you be more specific? > in terms of size: they are similar to bulls in size
ūnō oculō ¦ captus │ blind … and, to be more specific … in one eye
virtūte ¦ praecēdunt │ they excel in courage
Sunt enim hominēs nōn rē sed nōmine. │ For they are not men in fact but in name.
nōn tōtā rē sed temporibus errāstī (Cicero) │ you were not mistaken in (terms of) everything but in (terms of) dates
Corpore senex esse poterit, animō numquam erit. │ He may be an old man in (terms of) body [with respect to his body], he never will be [old] at heart.
maior ¦ nātū: greater with respect to age = older
minor nātū: younger
