absolutus

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

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Descendants

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 (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
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