Definition of "ablative case" []

• A case used in some languages to indicate movement away from something, removal, separation, source. It corresponds roughly to the English prepositions "off", "from", "away from", and "concerning". (noun)

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• "Question: Which is the most "beastly plague," a cattle-plague case for a farmer, or the ablative case for a school-boy?"