accusative absolute

English

Etymology

Calque of Latin accūsātīvus absolūtus.

Noun

accusative absolute (plural accusatives absolute or accusative absolutes)

1. (grammar) an independent phrase in a sentence conveying additional circumstances in the accusative case; present:
   1. in Ancient Greek, less frequent than the genitive absolute but more than the nominative absolute
   2. rarely in Middle High German
   3. in Late Latin

Further reading

• Bauer, Brigitte (2000) Archaic Syntax in Indo-European, Berlin, New York: Mouton De Gruyter, →ISBN, pages 261–333