stant lītore puppēs, the sterns rest on the beach.
B. Place from which.[[50]]
[229]. Place from which is regularly denoted by the Ablative with a preposition; as,—
ab Italiā profectus est, he set out from Italy;
ex urbe rediit, he returned from the city.
1. But certain words stand in the Ablative without a preposition; viz.—
a) Names of towns and small islands; as,—
Rōma profectus est, he set out from Rome;
Rhodō revertit, he returned from Rhodes.
b) domō, from home; rūre, from the country.
c) Freely in poetry; as,—
Italiā dēcessit, he withdrew from Italy.
2. With names of towns, ab is used to mean from the vicinity of, or to denote the point whence distance is measured; as,—