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put in the ablative case to represent the circumstances of the main event. This absolute construction in Latin is called an "ablative absolute" and is comparable...

/Non./Id. (In early Latin, such dates were given in the ablative instead.) Ablative absolute describes the circumstances surrounding an action; e.g.,...

and verb. Its analogues are the ablative absolute in Latin, the genitive absolute in Greek, or the locative absolute in Sanskrit. in the nominative case...

in an ablative absolute clause, and adverbially. The Latin ablative case was derived from three Proto-Indo-European cases: ablative (from), instrumental...

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...

absolute in Anglo-Saxon. Ablative absolute Accusative absolute Genitive absolute Nominative absolute "Definition of ABSOLUTE". American Heritage® Dictionary...

useful resources for learners of Latin. Ablative Absolute from Allen and Greenough's New Latin Grammar Ablative Absolute by William Harris A Practical Grammar...

changed'). The phrase is an ablative absolute, using the ablative case to show that the clause is grammatically independent ('absolute' literally meaning 'dissolved'...

1881) and adopted Feb. 1902, reads DURATURIS HAUD DURIS VINCULIS, an ablative absolute construction translated as "Bonds should be lasting, not chafing or...

Classical Latin used the ablative absolute, but as stated above, in Medieval Latin examples of nominative absolute or accusative absolute may be found. This...

the Ides of March. (Mc) (4) Caesar was addicted to the use of the ablative absolute. (Ac) (5) Caesar was married to Boadicea. (Bc) […] And so we act on...

sat next to him and listened." The accusative absolute is sometimes found in place of the ablative absolute in the Latin of Late Antiquity as, for example...

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...

structure is often loose and straggling. There is heavy use of the ablative absolute, and ablative phrases are often appended in a kind of vague "apposition"...

Glossary of the Catholic Church Index of Catholic Church articles An ablative absolute construction; the phrase in the nominative case is sedes vacans. The...

respectively). In many cases an ablative absolute phrase, consisting of a noun and perfect participle in the ablative case, may be used in place of a...

mutatis mutandis = "with change made to what needs to be changed" (an ablative absolute construction) The words need not be etymologically related, but simply...

203 in the old arrangement, 23 in the chronological rearrangement Ablative absolute, equivalent to a temporal clause "Profile: Pope Francis". BBC News...

foundation date of Rome) was less frequently used. In Latin, the ablative absolute construction is frequently used to express the date, such as "M. Messalla...

infinitives, participles, and similar nominal constructs. Examples are the ablative absolute, the accusative-plus-infinitive construction used for reported speech...