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Case Uses
Case Uses
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Language - Latin
Undergraduate 4
12/05/2012

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Term
Nominative Case
Definition
Subject of the sentence
Term
Genitive Case
Definition
Possession.
"Of":
Partitive Genitive of the Whole: explains the whole thing of which another noun is the part
Term
Dative Case
Definition
Indirect Object: the person to whom something is said, given shown. Explains how the subject’s action on a direct object indirectly affects another person or thing.
"To/For":
Term
Accusative Case
Definition
Direct Object: Person or thing that the subject is directly
performing action on.
Object of Prepositions: (such as ad, in, ob, propter). Denotes motion toward/place to which, or limiting goal
to which.
Term
Ablative Case
Definition
“from, with, in, or by”

1. Means/instrument: “with what” an action is performed.

2. Place/Where: (with prepositions such as in, sub): explains where (in/on what place) something is located.

3. Place From Which: (with prepositions such as a/ab/e/ex/de): Explains from which location something is physically removed.

4. Separation: (often used without prepositions, but sometimes with a/ab). Explains from what something is removed metaphorically.

5. Time when (no prepositions used): explains at what time something happened.
Term
Vocative Case
Definition
Directly calling upon a person or thing.

Used secondly in a sentence.
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