accusative absolute

== English == === Etymology === Calque of Latin accūsātīvus absolūtus. === Noun === accusative absolute (plural accusatives absolute or accusative absolutes) (grammar) an independent phrase in a sentence conveying additional circumstances in the accusative case; present: in Ancient Greek, less frequent than the genitive absolute but more than the nominative absolute rarely in Middle High German in Late Latin === Further reading === Bauer, Brigitte (2000), Archaic Syntax in Indo-European, Berlin, New York: Mouton De Gruyter, →ISBN, pages 261–333