• Greek grammar, the genitive absolute is a grammatical construction consisting of a participle and often a noun both in the genitive case, which is very...
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    In grammar, the genitive case (abbreviated gen) is the grammatical case that marks a word, usually a noun, as modifying another word, also usually a noun—thus...
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  • verb. Its analogues are the ablative absolute in Latin, the genitive absolute in Greek, or the locative absolute in Sanskrit. A noun in the common case...
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  • distinguished: (1) Genitive absolute: the participle modifies a noun or pronoun (as if its "subject") that stands in the genitive case; in this construction...
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  • form changes to one of the five cases (nominative, vocative, accusative, genitive, or dative). The set of forms that a noun will take for each case and number...
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  • absolute in Anglo-Saxon. Ablative absolute Accusative absolute Genitive absolute Nominative absolute "Definition of ABSOLUTE". American Heritage® Dictionary...
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  • g.: φιλέει (philéei) > φιλεῖ (phileî) "he" or "she loves"; (c) in the genitive plural of all 1st declension nouns and all 3rd declension nouns of the...
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  • is in a construction known as the "genitive absolute", when the participle and its subject are placed in the genitive case. This construction is used when...
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  • -ος -os, have a genitive plural ending in -ῶν -ôn. This also applies to 1st declension adjectives, but only if the feminine genitive plural is different...
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  • Grammar Nouns Verbs Aorist Subjunctive Optative Participle Infinitive Genitive absolute Conditional clauses Phonology Phonology Accent Movable nu Compensatory...
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