ablative absolute

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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

(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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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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