nominative absolute
English edit
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His clothes completely soaked, he started to shiver. |
Etymology edit
Calque of Latin nominativus absolutus.
Noun edit
nominative absolute (plural nominatives absolute or nominative absolutes)
- (grammar) A grammatically independent element of a sentence conveying additional circumstances; present:
- in English; realized as a noun phrase and a participle or adjective
- in Ancient Greek, less frequent than the accusative absolute which is less frequent than the genitive absolute
- in Late Latin
Translations edit
element of a sentence
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See also edit
- nominative absolute on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- nominativus pendens
- ablative absolute