ablative absolute
noun Latin Grammar.
a construction not dependent upon any other part of the sentence, consisting of a noun and a participle, noun and adjective, or two nouns, in which both members are in the ablative case, as Latin viā factā, “the road having been made.”
Origin of ablative absolute
First recorded in 1520–30
Words nearby ablative absolute
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ablator,
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British Dictionary definitions for ablative absolute
ablative absolute
noun
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"