Third Declension verbs: Present Active Example = petere – to seek

Third Declension Verbs: Present Passive Example: petere – to seek

Describes the way in which an action took place Uses the preposition cum

NO PREPOSITION Describes the means by which an action is performed

Used with expressions of freeing, lacking, and separation Usually does appear with a preposition Sometimes takes the preposition a/ab, de, or e/ex

Similar to the meaning and use of ablatives of separation Difference: Almost always appears with a preposition

“Place to which” is expressed using the accusative Usually found with the prepositions “ad” or “in”

“Place Where” is expressed using the ablative case. Use with the preposition “in” Example: Pythia haec verba Atheniensibus in templo Delphico dicit. The Pythian priestess says these words to the Athenians in the Delphic temple.