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Noun: ablative absolute
  1. A constituent in Latin grammar; a noun and its modifier can function as a sentence modifier
    "In 'Urbe capta, Aeneas fugit', 'Urbe capta' is an ablative absolute"

Derived forms: ablative absolutes

Type of: constituent, grammatical constituent

Encyclopedia: Ablative absolute