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An Ablative.

ADjectives of the Comparative degree, en∣glisht with this sign then or by, as also Dig∣nus, Indignus, Praeditus, Contentus, and these words of Price, Carus, vilis, require an Ablative; as Fri∣gidior glacie. Multo doctior. Uno pede altior. Dig∣nus honore. Virtute praeditus. Sorte sua contentus. Asse charum.

But of Comparatives, plus, amplius, and minus, may govern a Genitive, also a Nominative, or an Accusative; as Plus quinquaginta hominum. Am∣plius duorum millium. Ne plus tertia pars eximatur mellis. Varro. Paulo plus quingentos passus. Ut ex sua cujusque parte n•…•… minus dimidium ad fratrem per∣veniret. Cic. Verr. 4. And Dignus, Indignus, have somtimes a Genitive after them; as Militia est ope∣ris altera dign•…•…tui. Indignus avorum. Virg.

Adjectives betokening Plenty or Want, will have an Ablative, and somtimes a Genitive; as Vacuus ira, or irae. Nulla Epistola inanis re aliqua. Ditissimus agri. Stultorum plena sunt omnia Integer vitae, scelerisque purus. Expers omnium. Vobis im∣munibus hujus esse mali dabitur.

Words also betokening the cause, or form, or manner of a thing, are pu•…•… after Adjectives in the Ablative Case; as Pallidus i•…•…a. Trepidus morte fu∣tura. Nomine Grammaticus, re Ba•…•…s.