absolutus

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Latin

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of absolvō (“loosen, absolve”).

Pronunciation

Participle

absolūtus (feminine absolūta, neuter absolūtum, superlative absolūtissimus, adverb absolūtē); first/second-declension participle

  1. concluded, finished, complete, having been ended.
    Synonyms: complētus, perfectus, factus, dēfūnctus, effectus
    Antonyms: incohatus, infectus, imperfectus
  2. unrestricted, unconditional, absolute.
  3. (grammar) which gives its sense without modification; which lacks case; which stands in the positive.
  4. (law) absolved, acquitted, having been declared innocent.
  5. fluent
  6. perfect, pure
    Synonyms: putus, purus
    Antonym: impurus

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative absolūtus absolūta absolūtum absolūtī absolūtae absolūta
Genitive absolūtī absolūtae absolūtī absolūtōrum absolūtārum absolūtōrum
Dative absolūtō absolūtō absolūtīs
Accusative absolūtum absolūtam absolūtum absolūtōs absolūtās absolūta
Ablative absolūtō absolūtā absolūtō absolūtīs
Vocative absolūte absolūta absolūtum absolūtī absolūtae absolūta

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References

  • “absolutus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “absolutus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • absolutus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • absolutus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • absolutely perfect: absolutus et perfectus
    • perfect in every detail: omnibus numeris absolutus (N. D. 2. 13)
    • a master-piece of classical work: opus omnibus numeris absolutum
  • absolutus in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
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