ablative absolutes

A form of ablative absolute — A construction in Latin and other sister languages in which an independent phrase with a noun in the ablative case has a participle, adjective, or noun, expressed or implied, which agrees with it in gender, number and case – both words forming a clause grammatically unconnected with the rest of the sentence.

Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of ablative absolute
Cite this entry
APA

ablative absolutes. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ablative%20absolutes

MLA

“ablative absolutes.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ablative%20absolutes. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ablative absolutes,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ablative%20absolutes.

Source: ablative absolutes on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.