Scanlon's Latin Grammar - Essan.org

LATIN GRAMMAR
c) After a comparative when quam (than) is omitted.
The boy
" II h h" f h {FHiUS major est quam pater.
IS ta er t an tS at ere u. "
F IUS major patre est.
d) To express the agent or doer of an action with the pas~ive
voice and the preposition ab (a).
Regnum ab hominibus suis fide-
libus salvabatur.
The kingdom was saved by its
faithful lnen.
e) To express cause without a preposition.
They all sl20uted with joy.
Omnes gaudio clamabant.
f) To express degree of difference in a sentence involving a
comparIson.
This 120use is ten feet higher Haec domus decem pedibus
tl2an that one.
altior est quam illa.
g) To express manner with or \vithout the preposition cum.
T /1 ey entered the city with loud
shouts.
Magnis clamoribus introibant in
civitatem.
h) To express means or instrument without a preposition.
T hey have been saved by the
grace of God.
Gratia Dei salvati sunt.
i) To express place in, on, or from wl21"ch with the prepositions
in, ab, de, and ex.
T 12ey are standing in the shade.
We live on the earth.
T hey come from Rome.
He descended /r01n heaven.
1~!ley went out of tIle house.
Stant in umbra.
In terra vlvimus.
Roma veniunt.
Descendit de caelis.
Ex domo ierunt.
j) To express quality or description without a preposition, the
noun being modified by an adjective.
1Ie (vas aking of great potver.
Rex magna potestate erato