Re: Name that case

Mark J. Reed wrote:
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> Well, there are languages that use the dative this way; despite the
> name, the Latin preposition "ab" sometimes governs the dative.
Oh? Could you give examples, please?

I'm not aware of _any_ preposition governing the dative case. I've just
made a check on _a(b)_ and I can find no examples of any use except with
the ablative.

I do not, of course, count those many examples where the dative &
ablative cases coincide in form: always in the plural and always in the
2nd declension singular; also in some 3rd declension singular singulars
and in the 4th declension where the Classical language couldn't decide
whether the dative ending was -u, or -ui.


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