nominativus pendens

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin nominativus (“nominative case”) + pendens (“hanging, waiting”)

Noun

nominativus pendens

1. (grammar) A noun phrase, introduced as if the subject of a sentence, that is not actually used as such.
2. (rhetoric) Intentional use of such a construction.

See also

• nominative absolute
• ablative absolute
• left dislocation