Wheelock's FAQ chapter 38

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Wheelock's FAQ chapter 38: Questions

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Category: Sententia Antiquae (SA's)
SA?	In the sentence: "Viribus corporis deficientibus, vigor tamen animi duravit illi ad vitae finem." I've got the main thrust of the sentence, but am struggling to figure out how to express 'corporis' in English in a way that expresses some of the structure of Latin. I'm using the clause as a dative of reference.

Wheelock's FAQ chapter 38: Answers

Category: Sententia Antiquae (SA's)
SA?:	In the sentence: "Viribus corporis deficientibus, vigor tamen animi duravit illi ad vitae finem." I've got the main thrust of the sentence, but am struggling to figure out how to express 'corporis' in English in a way that expresses some of the structure of Latin. I'm using the clause as a dative of reference.
A:	David Goldfarb's answer: Actually, the clause seems more like an ablative absolute to me. That being so, "corporis" is an ordinary genitive case -- "of the body", or "of his body", or "the body's". (Quick check: you do realize that the first word is "vIs, vIs" not "vir, virI", right? Good.)

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