Glossary
A
Ablative Absolute
Criticality: 3
A grammatical construction in Latin consisting of a noun or pronoun in the ablative case with a participle (or sometimes an adjective or another noun) also in the ablative. It provides background information, cause, or time for the main clause and is grammatically independent.
Example:
Hostibus visis, the Roman cavalry immediately prepared for a charge, their spears glinting in the sun.
D
Disputatione habita
Criticality: 2
A Latin phrase meaning 'with the debate having been held' or 'after the debate.' It functions as an ablative absolute, indicating the circumstances or time of an action.
Example:
After a long night of strategic planning, disputatione habita, the general finally gave the order to advance at dawn.