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——§118 SYNTAX- -ABLATIVE. 243450.—To these, may be added other interjections of calling or addressing;as, ah, an, ehem, eJieu, eho, eja, hem, heus, hui, io, ohe, and vah,which are often followed by the vocative : as, Heus Si/re, Ohe libelle.451.— Obs. 1. In exclamations, the person or thing wondered at, is putin the accusative, either with or without an interjection; as, Me miserurn,or, Heu me miserum, " Ah, wretch that I am !" —sometimes in the nominative; as, vir fortis atque amicus, Ter. ; Audi tu, populus Romauus, Liv.452. Obs. 2. The vocative is sometimes omitted, while a genitive dependingupon it remains ;as, miser ce gentis, sc. homines, Lucan.453.— Obs. 3. The interjections Hei and Fee, govern the dative; SLS,Heimihi, " Ah me !" Vce vobis, u Woe to you !"454.- Obs. 4. Ecce and en, usually take the nominative; as, Eccenova turb a atque rixa. En ego.§ 118. CONSTRUCTION OF THE ABLATIVE.455.—The ablative is used in Latin generally, to express that fromwhich something is separated or taken ; or, as that by or with which, somethingis done, or exists. It is governed by nouns, adjectives, verbs, andprepositions, and also is used to express various relations of measure,distance, time, and place,