English-Thai Dictionary
ablative
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Webster's 1828 Dictionary
ABLATIVE
a.[L. ablativus; L. ablatus, from aufero, to carry away, of ab and fero.] A word applied to the sixth case of nouns in the Latin language, in which case are used words when the actions of carrying away, or taking from, are signified.
Ablative absolute, is when a word in that case, is independent, in construction, of the rest of the sentence.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
ABLATIVE
Ab "la *tive, a. Etym: [F. ablatif, ablative, L. ablativus fr. ablatus.See Ablation. ]
1. Taking away or removing. [Obs. ] Where the heart is forestalled with misopinion, ablative directions are found needful to unteach error, ere we can learn truth. Bp. Hall.
2. (Gram. )
Defn: Applied to one of the cases of the noun in Latin and some other languages, -- the fundamental meaning of the case being removal, separation, or taking away.
ABLATIVE
ABLATIVE Ab "la *tive, (Gram. )
Defn: The ablative case. ablative absolute, a construction in Latin, in which a noun in the ablative case has a participle (either expressed or implied ), agreeing with it in gender, number, and case, both words forming a clause by themselves and being unconnected, grammatically, with the rest of the sentence; as, Tarquinio regnante, Pythagoras venit, i. e., Tarquinius reigning, Pythagoras came.
New American Oxford Dictionary
ablative
ab la tive |ˈablətiv ˈæblədɪv | ▶adjective [ attrib. ] 1 Grammar relating to or denoting a case (esp. in Latin ) of nouns and pronouns (and words in grammatical agreement with them ) indicating separation or an agent, instrument, or location. 2 (of surgical treatment ) involving ablation. 3 of, relating to, or subject to ablation through melting or evaporation: the spacecraft's ablative heat shield. ▶noun Grammar a word in the ablative case. • (the ablative ) the ablative case. ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French ablative (feminine of ablatif ), Latin ablativus, from ablat- ‘taken away ’ (see ablation ).
ablative absolute
ab la tive ab so lute ▶noun a construction in Latin that consists of a noun and participle or adjective in the ablative case and that is syntactically independent of the rest of the sentence.
Oxford Dictionary
ablative
ablative |ˈablətɪv | ▶adjective 1 Grammar denoting a case (especially in Latin ) of nouns and pronouns and words in grammatical agreement with them indicating an agent, instrument, or source, expressed by ‘by ’, ‘with ’, or ‘from ’ in English. 2 (of surgical treatment ) involving ablation. 3 relating to or subject to ablation through melting or evaporation: the spacecraft's ablative heat shield. ▶noun Grammar a word in the ablative case. • (the ablative ) the ablative case. ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French ablative (feminine of ablatif ), Latin ablativus, from ablat- ‘taken away ’ (see ablation ).
ablative absolute
ab ¦la |tive ab ¦so |lute ▶noun a construction in Latin which consists of a noun and participle or adjective in the ablative case and functions as a sentence adverb, for example Deo volente ‘God willing ’.
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