New Latin Grammar, page 159 by Charles E. Bennett
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modified by an adjective; as,--
magnÄ gravitÄte loquitur, he speaks with great dignity.
2. The preposition is regularly absent in the expressions jÅ«re, injÅ«riÄ, jocÅ, vÄ«, fraude, voluntÄte, fÅ«rtÅ, silentiÅ.
3. A special variety of the Ablative of Manner denotes that in accordance with which or in pursuance of which anything is or is done. It is generally used without a preposition. Thus:--
meÄ sententiÄ, _according to my opinion_;
suÄ«s mÅribus, _in accordance with their custom_;
suÄ sponte, voluntarily, _of his (their) own accord_;
eÄ condiciÅne, on these terms.
Ablative of Attendant Circumstance.
221. The Ablative is often used to denote an attendant circumstance of an action or an event; as,--
bonīs auspiciīs, _under good auspices_;
nÅ«lla est altercÄtiÅ clÄmÅribus umquam habita majÅribus, _no debate was ever held under circumstances of greater applause_;
exstinguitur ingentÄ« lÅ«ctÅ« prÅvinciae, _he dies under circumstances of great grief on the part of the province_;
longÅ intervÄllÅ sequitur, he follows at a great distance.
Ablative of Accompaniment.
222. The Ablative with cum is used with verbs of motion to denote _accompaniment_; as,--
cum comitibus profectus est, _he set out with his attendants_;
cum febrī domum rediit, he returned home with a fever.
1. In military expressions the Ablative may stand without cum when modified by any adjective except a numeral; as,--
omnibus cÅpiÄ«s, ingentÄ« exercitÅ«, magnÄ manÅ«; but usually cum exercitÅ«, cum duÄbus legiÅnibus.<