absus
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈab.sus/, [ˈäps̠ʊs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈab.sus/, [ˈäbsus]
Noun
absus m (genitive absī); second declension
- Alternative form of hapsus
Declension
Second-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | absus | absī |
| Genitive | absī | absōrum |
| Dative | absō | absīs |
| Accusative | absum | absōs |
| Ablative | absō | absīs |
| Vocative | abse | absī |
Etymology 2
From absēns (“absent”).
Adjective
absus (feminine absa, neuter absum); first/second-declension adjective (Medieval Latin)
- (of land) uncultivated, unoccupied
- (of a person) possessing no tenancy
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | absus | absa | absum | absī | absae | absa | |
| Genitive | absī | absae | absī | absōrum | absārum | absōrum | |
| Dative | absō | absō | absīs | ||||
| Accusative | absum | absam | absum | absōs | absās | absa | |
| Ablative | absō | absā | absō | absīs | |||
| Vocative | abse | absa | absum | absī | absae | absa | |
Derived terms
- absārius
- absitās
References
- absus 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)
- Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976), “absus”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill