| 单词 | dative absolute |
| 释义 | > as lemmasdative absolute dative absolute n. [originally after French datif absolu (1655 in the passage translated in quot. 1746), itself probably after post-classical Latin dativus absolutus (1583 or earlier)] Grammar (in some inflected languages) a dative case of a noun or pronoun with a participle (expressed or implied) in agreement, grammatically independent of the main clause, and expressing the time, occasion, or circumstance of a fact stated; see ablative absolute n. at ablative adj. and n. Compounds. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > case > [noun] > dative > dative absolute dative absolute1746 1746 T. Nugent tr. C. Lancelot et al. New Method of learning Greek Tongue II. v. 187 But what we have already said is sufficient to prove, that what they call a Dative Absolute [Fr. Datif absolu] is in reality an Ablative. 1870 F. A. March Compar. Gram. Anglo-Saxon Lang. iii. 152 Dative absolute.—A substantive and participle in the dative may make an adverbial clause of time, cause, or coexistence. 1965 B. Mitchell Guide to Old Eng. v. 105 The dative absolute is used in imitation of the Latin absolute, e.g. gewunnenum sige ‘victory having been gained’. 2000 B. Bauer Archaic Syntax in Indo–European vi. 274 It is clear that the dative absolute is by far the most common construction. < as lemmas |
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