1385. The instrumental ablative is used to denote that in respect of
which an assertion or a term is to be taken: as,
#temporibus errāstī#, _Ph._ 2, 23, _you have slipped up in your
chronology_. #excellēbat āctiōne#, _Br._ 215, _his forte lay in
delivery_. #Helvētiī reliquōs Gallōs virtūte praecēdunt#, 1, 1, 4, _the
Helvetians outdo the rest of the Kelts in bravery_. #hī omnēs linguā,
īnstitūtīs, lēgibus inter sē differunt#, 1, 1, 2, _these people all
differ from each other in language, usages, and laws_. #sunt quīdam
hominēs nōn rē sed nōmine#, _Off._ 1, 105, _some people are human beings
not in reality but in name_. #ūna Suēba nātiōne, altera Nōrica#, 1, 53,
4, _one woman a Suebe by birth, the other Noric_. #vīcistis cochleam
tarditūdine#, Pl. _Poen._ 532, _you’ve beaten snail in slowness_.
#dēmēns iūdiciō volgī#, H. _S._ 1, 6, 97, _mad in the judgement of the
world_. #sapiunt me͡ā sententiā#, T. _Ph._ 335, _in my opinion they are
wise_. #meā quidem sententiā#, _CM._ 56, _in my humble opinion_. #quis
iūre perītior commemorārī potest?# _Clu._ 107, _who can be named that is
better versed in the law?_