n the part of the province_;

longo intervallo sequitur, _he follows at a great distance_.

Ablative of Accompaniment.

222. The Ablative with cum is used with verbs of motion to denote
_accompaniment_; as,--

cum comitibus profectus est, _he set out with his attendants_;

cum febri domum rediit, _he returned home with a fever_.

1. In military expressions the Ablative may stand without cum when modified
by any adjective except a numeral; as,--

omnibus copiis, ingenti exercitu, magna manu; but usually cum exercitu,
cum duabus legionibus.

Ablative of Association.

222A. The Ablative is often used with verbs of _joining_, _mixing_,
_clinging_, _exchanging_; also with assuesco, consuesco, assuefacio, and
some others to denote _association_; as,--

improbitas scelere juncta, _badness joined with crime_;

aer calore admixtus, _air mixed with heat_;

assuetus labore, _accustomed to_ (lit. _familiarized with) toil_;

pacem bello permutant, _they change peace for_ (lit. _with) war_.

Ablative of Degree of Difference.

223. The Ablative is used with comparatives and words involving comparison
(as post, ante, infra, supra) to denote the _degree of difference_; as,--

dimidio minor, _smaller by a half_;

tribus pedibus altior, _three feet higher_;

paulo post, _a little afterwards_;

quo plura habemus, eo cupimus ampliora, _the more we have, the more we
want_.

Ablative of Quality.

224. The Ablative, modified by an adjective, is used to denote _quality;_
as,--

puella eximia forma, _a girl of exceptional beauty_;

vir singulari industria, _a man of singular industry_.

1. The Ablative of Quality may also be used predicatively; as,--

est magna prudentia, _he is (a man) of great wisdom_;

bono anima sunt, _they are of good courage_.

2. In place of the Adjective we sometimes find a limiting Genitive; as,--

sunt specie et colore tauri, _they are of the appearance and color of a
bull_,

3. In poetry the Ablative of Quality sometimes denotes _material;_ as,--

scopulis pendentibus antrum, _a cave of arching rocks._

Ablative of Price.

225. With verbs of _buying_ and _selling_, price is designated by the
Ablative; as--

servum quinque minis emit, _he bought the slave for five minae._

1. The Ablatives magno, plurimo, parvo, minimo (by omission of pretio) are
used to denote _indefinite price_; as,--