No mortal man is wise at all hours.
The excuse of a philosopher for getting married.
But nouns which signify the duration of time are commonly put in the accusative case, as
Pugna inter juvenem Curtium et Titum Sabinum tres horas perduravit.
The fight between young Curtius and Sabine Titus lasted three hours.
It is an error to suppose that Roman mills were only water-mills and wind-mills. The above mill must have been rather a “winder” though, and must have cost the combatants much pains.
We say also: in paucis diebus, in a few days: de die, by day, de nocte, by night, &c.
A jest upon the nouns of Time would, perhaps, be somewhat ill timed: we hope, however, to have Space for one presently.
The Space of a Place.
The space of a place is put in the accusative, and sometimes also in the ablative, as