ablative case

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A case used in some languages to indicate movement away from something, removal, separation. In English grammar, it corresponds roughly to the use in English of prepositions "of", "from", "away from", and "concerning". In Latin grammar, the ablative case (cāsus ablātīvus) includes functions derived from the Indo-European ''ablative'', ''instrumental'', ''comitative'', ''associative'' and ''locative'' cases; these cases express concepts similar to those of the English prepositions ''"of"/"from"'', ''"by"'', ''"with"'', ''"to"/"with"'', and ''"at"/"in"'', respectively. ''Here/hence/hither'', ''there/thence/thither'', and ''where/whence/whither'' are the only English words with separate forms for the ablative (motion ''away'' from) and lative (motion ''towards'') cases.