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Definition of Ablative absolute
1. Noun. A constituent in Latin grammar; a noun and its modifier can function as a sentence modifier.
Definition of Ablative absolute
1. Noun. (linguistics) A construction in Latin in which an independent phrase with a noun in the ablative case has a participle, expressed or implied, which agrees with it in gender, number and case – both words forming a clause grammatically unconnected with the rest of the sentence. ¹
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Ablative Absolute
Literary usage of Ablative absolute
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. American Journal of Philology by Project Muse, JSTOR (Organization) (1904)
"THE ablative absolute IN THE EPISTLES OF CICERO, SENECA, PLINY AND PRONTO.
In another article we discussed the use of Chiasmus in these writings,1 and here ..."
2. Allen and Greenough's New Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges: Founded on by Joseph Henry Allen, James Bradstreet Greenough (1903)
"This construction is called the ablative absolute:—l Caesar, acceptis litteris,
... The ablative absolute is an adverbial modifier of the predicate. ..."
3. A Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges by Albert Harkness (1892)
"ablative absolute.1 431. A noun and a participle may be put in the Ablative to
add to the ... The ablative absolute, much more common than the English ..."
4. The Rudiments of Latin and English Grammar: Designed to Facilitate the Study by Alexander Adam (1820)
"But as the participles of common verbs are seldom taken in a passive sense, we
therefore rarely find them used in the ablative absolute. Obs. 3. ..."
5. A Practical Introduction to Latin Prose Composition by Thomas Kerchever Arnold (1908)
"THE ablative absolute. ONE of the commonest uses of the Latin participle is that
called the ablative absolute. 419. A participle and substantive (or ..."
6. First Latin Book by Charles Wesley Bain (1898)
"Observe : 1. That the Latin ablative absolute corresponds to English Nominative
Absolute. 2. That the ablative absolute is ..."
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