nominative absolute
nounEtymology Calque of Latin nominativus absolutus.
› A grammatically independent element of a…
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Grammar, Human sciences, Linguistics, Sciences in English; realized as a noun phrase and a participle or adjective
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Grammar, Human sciences, Linguistics, Sciences in Ancient Greek, less frequent than the accusative absolute which is less frequent than the genitive absolute
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Grammar, Human sciences, Linguistics, Sciences in Late Latin
- Related terms
- nominativus pendens, ablative absolute