Disambiguation of eius/illius/huius

kmp

Civis Illustris

  • Civis Illustris

  • Patronus

Location:
England
How do you unambiguously say "of her" or "of him" in Latin when eius can mean "of him", "of her" or "of it" (same issue with illius and huius)?

For example:

I saw Marcus and Livia. I have his book and her sword.

Marcum et Liviam vidi. Librum eius et gladium eius habeo doesn't specify to whom the book and sword belong.

In languages like Italian you can disambiguate by using di + a pronoun. La sua macchina can mean his or her car. But you can say la macchina di lui to be more specific. Is there something similar you can do in Latin?
 
 

Dantius

Homo Sapiens

  • Civis Illustris

Location:
in orbe lacteo
In this case you would say like "Marcum et Liviam vidi. Illius librum et huius gladium habeo." Ille = "the former" (the one you mentioned more distantly) and hic = "the latter" (the one you mentioned more proximately). There's no way to distinguish in gender, but in your example that would be the best way to do it.
 
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