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accusative absolute

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English

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Etymology

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Calque of Latin accūsātīvus absolūtus.

Noun

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accusative absolute (plural accusatives absolute or accusative absolutes)

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

Further reading

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  • Bauer, Brigitte (2000) Archaic Syntax in Indo-European, Berlin, New York: Mouton De Gruyter, →ISBN, pages 261–333