Ablative of Place.
A. Place where.
[228]. The place where is regularly denoted by the Ablative with a preposition; as,—
in urbe habitat, he dwells in the city.
1. But certain words stand in the Ablative without a preposition; viz.—
a) Names of towns,—except Singulars of the First and Second Declensions (see [§ 232], 1); as,—
Carthāginī, at Carthage;
Athēnis, at Athens;
Vejīs, at Veii.
b) The general words locō, locīs, parte; also many words modified by tōtus or even by other Adjectives; as,—
hōc locō, at this place;
tōtīs castrīs, in the whole camp.
c) The special words: forīs, out of doors; rūrī, in the country, terrā marīque, on land and sea.
d) The poets freely omit the preposition with any word denoting place; as,—