English Explanatory Dictionary

accusative absolute

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. an independent phrase in a sentence conveying additional circumstances in the accusative case; present:
  2. in Ancient Greek, less frequent than the genitive absolute but more than the nominative absolute
  3. rarely in Middle High German
  4. in Late Latin

Word forms

accusative absolute accusatives absolute accusative absolutes

Etymology

Calque of Latin accūsātīvus absolūtus.

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