My last post left me curious about the precise use and character of the Locative case, so I took to milling around A&G for just about every line I could find on the matter. There’s more than the might imagine for a case so rare–
Let’s start with the formation of the locative case (post 1) and then I’ll search out all the things we can do with it (post 2).
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Formation for First Declension
singular genitive; plural dative
(Rōmae; Athēnīs)
[remember that only place names which are already plural, like Athēnae, will appear with a plural locative]
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Formation for Second Declension
singular genitive; plural dative
[Corinthī; Philippīs]
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Formation for Third Declension
singular dative or ablative (-ī or -e); plural dative
[Carthāginī or Carthāgine; Trallibus]
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Formation for Fourth Declension
The only locative offered by A&G is that for domus, house: it’s either domī or domuī
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Formation of the Fifth Declension
Here, the locative only appears in a few fixed expressions of time, where it always ends in the singular ablative:
hodiē, today; diē quārtō (etc.), on the fourth day; postrīdiē, tomorrow; perendiē, the day after tomorrow; prīdiē, yesterday
Review
1 —> gen/dat; 2 —> gen/dat; 3 —> dat or abl/dat; 4&5 —> just a few words!
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The Essential AG: (scattered, I know) 43c; 49a; 80; 93 n1; 98b
Famous Phrase: in locō parentis [in place the parent]
This is a legal term describing a state of non-parent custody of children; a teacher or your aunt (while you’re staying at her cottage) are in locō parentis figures
Latin for Addicts 