meis labéribus interiti rem piblicam liberavi (Sull. 33), by my toils I have
saved the state from ruin.
multae istarum arborum mea mani sunt satae (Cat. M. 59), many of those
trees were set out with my own hands.
vi victa vis, vel potius oppressa virtiite audacia est (Mil. 30), violence was
overcome by violence, or rather, boldness was put down by courage.
a. The Ablative of Means is used with verbs and adjectives of
filling, abounding, and the like : —

Deus bonis omnibus explévit mundum hen 3), God has filled the world with
all good things.
aggere et cratibus fossis explent (B. G. vii. 86), they fill up ‘the ditches with
earth and fascines.
totum montem hominibus complévit (id. i. 24), he filled the whole mountain
with men.
opimus praeda (Verr. ii. 1. 132), rich with spoils.
vita pléna et conferta voluptatibus (Sest.23), life filled and crowded with delights.
Forum Appi differtum nautis (Hor. S. i. 5. 4), Forum Appii crammed with
bargemen.
Norts.—In poetry the Genitive is often used with these words. Compleé and implied
sometimes take the genitive in prose (cf. § 356); so regularly plénus and (with personal
nouns) complétus and refertus (§ 349. a): —

omnia pléna lictiis et maeroris fuérunt (Sest. 128), everything was full of grief
and mourning.
Ollam dénaridrum implére (Fam. ix. 18), to fill a pot with money. [Here evidently
colloquial, otherwise rare in Cicero.]

conyiyium vicindrum compled (Cat. M. 46, in the mouth of Cato), I fill up the ban-
quet with my neighbors.
cum complétus mercatorum carcer esset (Verr. y. 147), when the prison was full of
traders.
