Absolute ablative is a grammatical construction in Latin which is used as a short form of temporal clauses. "Absolute" in its name means "disconnected", as it, unlike most ablatives, does not describe the predicate.
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Why does the substantive come second in 'mutatis mutandis'?
The Wikipedia section on ablative absolute gives these examples.
urbe captā Aenēās fūgit.
Ovidiō exule, Mūsae planguntur.
Caesare cōnsule...
īrā calefactā, sapientia dormit.
dominō absente, fūr fenestram penetrāvit.
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What is the literary effect of an Ablative Absolute?
I'm analyzing Book 4, lines 129-139 for my final in Virgil's Aeneid:
Oceanum interea surgens Aurora reliquit.
It portis iubare exorto delecta iuventus;
retia rara, plagae, lato venabula ferro,
Massylique ruunt equites et odora canum vis.
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