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Definition of: ablative absolute
In Latin grammar, the construction in the ablative case of a noun and participle, a noun and an adjective, or two nouns, constituting an adverbial phrase which stands apart in syntax from the rest of the sentence; as, sole oriente, nox fugit (the sun rising, night flees).
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