locative absolute

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Calque of Latin locativus absolutus.

Noun[edit]

locative absolute (plural locatives absolute or locative absolutes)

  1. (grammar) an independent phrase in a sentence conveying additional circumstances in the locative case; present:
    1. in Sanskrit
    2. in Pali
    3. in Avestan

Further reading[edit]

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