ABLATIVE ABSOLUTE


Meaning of ABLATIVE ABSOLUTE in English

Function: noun

Date: circa 1828

: a construction in Latin in which a noun or pronoun and its adjunct both in the ablative case form together an adverbial phrase expressing generally the time, cause, or an attendant circumstance of an action

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