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—;§ 120 SYNTAX.—ABLATIVE. 245construction of the case falls under other rules ;in the second, it fallsunder the following ;viz.Rule XXIV. The comparative degree,467.without a conjunction, governs the ablative ;Dulcior melle,Preestantior auroPerennius cure,46S.—EXPLANATION.—The ablative,Sweeter than honey.More precious than gold.More durable than brass.as,under this rule, is supposed Udo governed more properly hypra understood, which is sometimes expressedas,Unusproz cceteris for•Hot:OBSERVATIONS.469.— Obs. 1. Of these two modes of comparison, the ablative withouta conjunction is commonly used, when the object is compared with thesubject of a proposition, or with a word in the vocative or nominative,addressed ; as, Quid m dgis est dur u m sax o, quid m oil i u s undo. ?Xcm'i a/in Romanarum el oquentior em fuisse veteres judicdrunt i-c e r 6 n e ; fons Bandusice, sp I endidio r vit r o, Hor. But when,in such a comparison, quam is used, the second substantive will be in thesame ease with the first, because, in the same construction ; as, JMelior estcerta pax. quam sperala victoria (est); Meliorem esse certaitr pacemputabat, quo in sperdtam pacem (esse).Note 1.—The construction of the ablative without qua?n, is sometimesused, especially by the poets, when the first substantive is net the subjectof a verb ; as, Exegi monumentum 02 re perennius, Hor.; Cur ollvunis an a n in e viperlno cautius vital ? Hor. This is always so,when the second object of comparison is expressed by a relative ; as, HieAttalo. quo graviorem inimlcum non habui, sororcm in rnatrimoniumdedit. " He gave his sister in marriage to Attalus, than whom,