1375. The ablative with an adjective in agreement or with a limiting
genitive is used to denote quality, either predicatively or
attributively: as,
(_a._) Predicatively: #capillō sunt prōmissō#, 5, 14, 3, _they have long
hair_, or _let their hair grow long_. #singulārī fuit industriā#, N. 24,
3, 1, _he had unparalleled activity_. #animō bonō’s#, Pl. _Aul._ 732,
_be of good cheer_. #ad flūmen Genusum, quod rīpīs erat impedītīs#,
Caes. _C._ 3, 75, 4, _to the river Genusus, which had impracticable
banks_. (_b._) Attributively: #difficilī trānsitū flūmen rīpīsque
praeruptīs#, 6, 7, 5, _a river hard to cross and with steep banks_.
#interfectus est C. Gracchus, clārissimō patre, avō, maiōribus#, _C._ 1,
4, _Gracchus was done to death, a man with an illustrious father,
grandfather, and ancestors in general_ (1044). #bōs cervī figūrā#, 6,
26, 1, _an ox with the shape of a stag_. Compare the genitive of quality
(1239).