| ablative case |
| Definition - A case that is used in Latin and other Indo-European languages to indicate motion away from something. |
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Example - In the Latin phrase ex agrīs, from the country, the noun agrīs is in the ablative case. |
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Etymology - The word derives from the Latin (casus) ablativus, (case) of removal. The Latin term was coined by Julius Caesar. |
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Oxford English Dictionary - Its first citation is from circa 1440: "The vjt. case is ablatif case, and are they that stelyn and leuyn on oþer mennes goodes." (Gesta Rom. (1879) 418) |