ablative absolute

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Synonyms: ablative absolutes

Antonyms: ablative absolutes

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Noun

1. {{lb|en|grammar}} 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.

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