absēns, gen. absentis

Definitions for absēns

Wheelock's Latin

Adjective

1
absent, away
English derivatives:
absence absentee absenteeism in absentia

Oxford Latin Dictionary

Adjective

1
Not present in person, absent; in one's absence; (coupled w. praesens ~ns, whether present or absent. (b) (spec. of accused persons, candidates for office, and the like). (c) absent in mind or spirit.
2
(emph.) Though absent, in spite of being absent, without meeting (the other party).
3
(of things) Physically elsewhere; nonexistent.

Sentences with absēns

Latin to English

Absentem qui rodit amicum, qui non defendit alio culpante, solutos qui captat risus hominum famamque dicacis, fingere qui non visa potest, commissa facere qui nequit: hic niger est, hunc tu, Romane, caveto.Compare The man who backbites an absent friend, nay, who does not stand up for him when another blames him, the man who angles for bursts of laughter and for the repute of a wit, who can invent what he never saw, who cannot keep a secret - that man is black at heart: mark and avoid him, if you are a Roman.

Romae rus optas; absentem rusticus urbem tollis ad astra levis.Compare At Rome you are all for the country: in the country you extol to the stars the distant town.

Data sources

Notes

Definitions
Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 263.
P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 11.
Word frequencies

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Citation

Chicago (17th ed.)

Allo Contributors. "absēns, gen. absentis (adj.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified August 3, 2023. Accessed December 21, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/absens-gen-absentis.