accusative absolute
The 'accusative absolute' is a grammatical construction found in certain ancient languages, offering additional context to a sentence without being syntactically linked to the main clause.
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Definition
C2Ancient Greek and Latin
(technical, academic)A phrase where a noun and participle in the objective case provide extra information independent of the main sentence.
Example
- In Ancient Greek, an accusative absolute might describe the time an action occurs.
- Late Latin texts occasionally use the accusative absolute to indicate cause or condition.
C2Middle High German
(technical, historical)A rare construction where a pronoun and predicate in the objective case add circumstantial details, not connected to the main clause.
Similar
Terms that have similar or relatively close meanings to "accusative absolute":
dative absolutenominative absolutegenitive absolutelocative absolutepartitive ablative