Allen and Greenough's New Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges, PART SECOND — SYNTAX, CONSTRUCTION OF CASES, ABLATIVE CASE, chapter 416

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[*] 416. The price of a thing is put in the Ablative:—

agrum vēndidit sēstertium sex mīlibus, he sold the land for 6000 sesterces.
“Antōnius rēgna addīxit pecūniā ” (Phil. 7.15) , Antony sold thrones for money.
“logōs rīdiculōs: quis cēnā poscit ” (Pl. Stich. 221) , jokes: who wants them for (at the price of) a dinner?
“ māgnō illī ea cūnctātiō stetit ” (Liv. 2.36) , that hesitation cost him dear.

[*] Note.--To this head is to be referred the Ablative of the Penalty (§ 353. 1).

Ginn and Company, 1903.

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