ā Gergoviā discessit, he withdrew from the vicinity of Gergovia;
ā Rōmā X mīlia aberat, he was ten miles distant from Rome.
Urbe and oppidō, when standing in apposition with a town name, are accompanied by a preposition; as,—
Curibus ex oppidō Sabīnōrum, from Cures, a town of the Sabines
Ablative of Time.
A. Time at which.
[230]. The Ablative is used to denote the time at which; as,—
quārtā hōrā mortuus est, he died at the fourth hour;
annō septuāgēsimō cōnsul creātus, elected consul in his seventieth year.
1. Any word denoting a period of time may stand in this construction, particularly annus, vēr, aestās, hiems, diēs, nox, hōra, comitia (Election Day), lūdī (the Games), etc.
2. Words not denoting time require the preposition in, unless accompanied by a modifier. Thus:—
in pāce, in peace; in bellō, in war;
but secundō bellō Pūnicō, in the second Punic War.