genitive absolute
The "genitive absolute" is a grammatical construction primarily found in Ancient Greek and other Indo-European languages, providing additional context or circumstances within a sentence.
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Definition
C1Ancient Greek
(technical, academic)A construction where a noun and a participle in the genitive case form an independent clause, offering background details or circumstances related to the main action.
Example
- In the sentence, 'With the sun having risen, they continued their journey,' the phrase 'With the sun having risen' is an example of a genitive absolute.
C2Indo-European Languages
(technical, academic)A phrase where both the noun and its modifier are in the genitive case, used to provide additional information independently of the main sentence structure.
Example
- The genitive absolute construction in Sanskrit often provides context for the main clause.
Similar
Terms that have similar or relatively close meanings to "genitive absolute":
dative absolutenominative absoluteaccusative absolutelocative absolutepartitive ablativenominativus pendens