Ajacem "Surdo" componere sæpe solebam:
I was often accustomed to compare Ajax to the "Deaf un,"--
not because he was hard of hearing, but hard in hitting.
Sometimes, however, they require an ablative case with the preposition
cum; sometimes an accusative case with the prepositions ad and inter, as
Comparo _Pompeium_ cum _globo nivali_: