English Explanatory Dictionary

nominativus pendens

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A noun phrase, introduced as if the subject of a sentence, that is not actually used as such.
  2. Intentional use of such a construction.

Word forms

nominativus pendens

Etymology

From Latin nominativus (“nominative case”) + Latin pendens (“hanging, waiting”).

Related words

ablative absolute left dislocation nominative absolute
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