- In
Latin grammar, the
ablative case (cāsus ablātīvus) is one of the six noun cases. Traditionally, it is the
sixth case (cāsus ****tus, cāsus latīnus)....
- put in the
ablative case to
represent the cir****stances of the main event. This
absolute construction in
Latin is
called an "
ablative absolute" and is comparable...
- in an
ablative absolute clause, and adverbially. The
Latin ablative case was
derived from
three Proto-Indo-European cases:
ablative (from), instrumental...
-
ablative case; for this
reason they are
referred to as
ablative absolutes. An
ablative absolute describes some
general cir****stance
under which the action...
- and verb. Its
analogues are the
ablative absolute in Latin, the
genitive absolute in Gr****, or the
locative absolute in Sanskrit. A noun in the common...
-
absolute is a
grammatical construction consisting of a
participle and
often a noun both in the
genitive case,
which is very
similar to the
ablative absolute...
- changed'). The
phrase is an
ablative absolute,
using the
ablative case to show that the
clause is
grammatically independent ('
absolute'
literally meaning 'dissolved'...
-
useful resources for
learners of Latin.
Ablative Absolute from
Allen and Greenough's New
Latin Grammar Ablative Absolute by
William Harris A
Practical Grammar...
- the Thebans" When the
phrase is in the
ablative case, as in the
example below, it is
known as an
ablative absolute. Such
phrases most
commonly use the perfect...
-
classical Latin used the
ablative absolute, but as
stated above, in
Medieval Latin examples of
nominative absolute or
accusative absolute may be found. This...
