ablative absolute

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
ablative absolute

▶noun a construction in Latin which consists of a noun and participle or adjective in the ablative case and which functions as a sentence adverb, for example Deo volente ‘God willing’.

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