§416. Uses of the Ablative As Instrumental
The price of a thing is put in the Ablative:—
- agrum vēndidit sēstertium sex mīlibus, he sold the land for 6000 sesterces.
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Antōnius rēgna addīxit pecūniā
(Phil. 7.15), Antony sold thrones for money. -
logōs rīdiculōs: quis cēnā poscit
(Pl. Stich. 221), jokes: who wants them for (at the price of) a dinner? -
māgnō illī ea cūnctātiō stetit
(Liv. 2.36), that hesitation cost him dear.
J. H. Allen and J. B. Greenough, New Latin Grammar (Boston: Ginn, 1903). Text provided under a CC BY-SA license by Perseus Digital Library, http://www.perseus.tufts.edu, with funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities.