Is there a difference in meaning or frequency between the various ways to ask for an instrument?
Quo instrumento?
Quo auxilio?
qua re?
qua?
(Quomodo is used in Polis “Unus, Duo Tres”, but I think it is really asking for an adverb, e.g. quickly, sadly.)
Thank you. Jim Jacobulus
None of these are asking for an instrument, Jim. You could ask what the difference is between instrumentum, auxilium, and res, but hopefully you don’t need to do that. Certainly a common question is Quo modo? (How?, By what means?).
Okay so I’m really wondering how to ask for ablative of means/ ablativus instrumentum