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Definition of "ablative absolute" [ablative absolute]

  • 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. (noun)

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