Chapter 412 Allen and Greenough's Latin Grammar Dickinson College Christopher Francese

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The Manner of an action is denoted by the Ablative; usually with cum , unless a limiting adjective is used with the noun: cum celeritāte vēnit , he came with speed. But,— summā celeritāte vēnit , he came with the greatest speed. quid rēfert quā mē ratiōne cōgātis (Lael. 26) , what difference does it make in what way you compel me?

But cum is often used even when the ablative has a limiting adjective:— quantō id cum perīculō fēcerit (B. G. 1.17) , at what risk he did this. nōn minōre cum taediō recubant (Plin. Ep. 9.17.3) , they recline with no less weariness.

With such words of manner as modō , pactō , ratiōne , rītū , vī , viā , and with stock expressions which have become virtually adverbs (as silentiō , iūre , iniūriā ), cum is not used:— apis Matīnae mōre modōque carmina fingō ; ( Hor. Od. 4.2.28 ), in the style and manner of a Matinian bee I fashion songs. So in poetry the ablative of manner often omits cum : as, —īnsequitur cumulō aquae mōns (Aen. 1.105) , a mountain of water follows in a mass. [Cf. murmure ( id . 1.124); rīmīs ( id . 1.123).]

Ablative of Accompaniment

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