ab·la·tive absolute ( b l -t v)n. In Latin grammar, an adverbial phrase syntactically independent from the rest of the sentence and containing a noun or pronoun plus an adjunct, usually a participle or adjective, with both elements in the ablative case. |
ablative absolute
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(Linguistics / Grammar) an absolute construction in Latin grammar in which a governor noun and a modifier in the ablative case function as a sentence modifier; for example, hostibus victis, ``the enemy having been beaten''
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| Noun | 1. | ablative absolute - a constituent in Latin grammar; a noun and its modifier can function as a sentence modifier grammatical constituent, constituent - (grammar) a word or phrase or clause forming part of a larger grammatical construction |
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