«53.» Prepositions denoting the ablative relations _from, with, in, on_,
are naturally followed by the ablative case. Among these are

«ā»[1] or «ab», _from, away from_
«dē», _from, down from_
«ē»[1] or «ex», _from, out from, out of_
«cum», _with_
«in», _in, on_

[Footnote 1: «ā» and «ē» are used only before words beginning with
a consonant; «ab» and «ex» are used before either vowels or
consonants.]

1. _Translate into Latin, using prepositions._ In the water, on the
land, down from the forest, with the fortune, out of the forests, from
the victory, out of the waters, with the sailors, down from the moon.

«54.» «Adjectives.» Examine the sentence

«Puella parva bonam deam amat»,
_the little girl loves the good goddess_

In this sentence «parva» (_little_) and «bonam» (_good_) are not nouns,
but are descriptive words expressing quality. Such words are called
_adjectives_,[2] and they are said to belong to the noun which they
describe.

[Footnote 2: _Pick out the adjectives in the following:_ “When I
was a little boy, I remember that one cold winter’s morning I was
accosted by a smiling man with an ax on his shoulder. ‘My pretty