Is fugienti here a dative or an ablative?
Atticus Ciceroni ex patria fugienti multam pecuniam dedit
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I see, thank you. When I looked it up at en.wiki it notes that it can be used with the ablative -i "When used purely as an adjective": https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/fugienti
I thought perhaps it was being used as an adjective as in 'fleeing Cicero'
I thought perhaps it was being used as an adjective as in 'fleeing Cicero'
No, it's used as a regular participle here, i.e. it retains all its verbal force, referring to an action done at a particular moment (Cicero fleeing). Used as an adjective it would denote a quality of Cicero's, like Cicero having a "fleeing" character or so.
Also, Ciceroni is dative so an ablative adjective couldn't agree with it.
Also, Ciceroni is dative so an ablative adjective couldn't agree with it.
23 chapters into Wheelock's and still I manage to neglect such a fundamental!
I guess I'm still in the process of internalizing it all. Thank you for clearing that up.