ablative absolute
noun/ˈæb.lə.tɪv æb.soʊˈlut/US/ˈæb.lə.tɪv æb.səˈlut/CA
Etymology
Calque of Latin ablativus absolutus.
- derived from ablativus absolutus
Definitions
A construction in Latin and other sister languages in which an independent phrase with a…
A construction in Latin and other sister languages in which an independent phrase with a noun in the ablative case has a participle, adjective, or noun, 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.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for ablative absolute. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
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