Chapter 412Allen and Greenough's Latin GrammarDickinson CollegeChristopher 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).]