Oxford Latin Dictionary
Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, 13.absum on page 13
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abesse to be absent
abesse is a Latin Verb that primarily means to be absent.
Definitions for abesse
Wheelock's Latin
Verb
- 1
be away, be absent
Oxford Latin Dictionary
Verb
- 1
To be physically absent (from a place, etc.), to be away, be elsewhere, be not available; ab oculis meis, etc., abesse, to be out of my, etc., sight; (pres. w. expr. of duration) to have been absent (for a specified period). (b) (euphem.) to be absent from Rome as an exile. (c) (of things, pregn.) to have been removed, be missing.
- 2
To absent oneself (from), fail or refuse to take part (in) or appear (at). (b) (spec., of advocates, helpers, etc.) to fail in assisting, not to be present.
- 3
To be (a specified distance) away, be distant. (a) (with longe, procul, and sim.). (b) (w. acc. of distance). (c) (w. abl. of distance).
- 4
(of time) To be distant; (of events, etc.) to be distant in time. (b) (of persons, etc.) to be distant in time (a specified amount from a date or period).
- 5
(also impers., or w. neut. pron.; w. ab, procul and abl., acc. and inf., ab eo..ut or ut alone) To be removed or distant (from a condition, course of action, etc.). (b) (procul) absit, God forbid!
Sentences with abesse
Latin to English
Cum abero, vos omnes tristes eritis.Compare When I am absent, you will all be sad.
Cur Brutus absum?Compare Why was Brutus absent?
Proficiscor in castra, a qui absum biduum.Compare I set out for the camp, from which I was absent a two days' journey.
Conjugation table for abesse
Cactus2000
| ACTIVE | |
| Indicative present | Indicative imperfect |
| absum abes abest absumus abestis absunt | aberam aberās aberat aberāmus aberātis aberant |
| Indicative perfect | Indicative pluperfect |
| āfuī āfuistī āfuit āfuimus āfuistis āfuērunt / āfuēre | āfueram āfuerās āfuerat āfuerāmus āfuerātis āfuerant |
| Indicative future | Indicative future perfect |
| aberō aberis aberit aberimus aberitis aberunt | āfuerō āfueris āfuerit āfuerimus āfueritis āfuerint |
| Subjunctive present | Subjunctive imperfect |
| absim / abfuam absīs / abfuas absit / abfuat absīmus absītis absint / abfuant | abessem / abforem abessēs / abforēs abesset / abforet abessēmus abessētis abessent / abforent |
| Subjunctive perfect | Subjunctive pluperfect |
| āfuerim āfueris āfuerit āfuerimus āfueritis āfuerint | āfuissem āfuissēs āfuisset āfuissēmus āfuissētis āfuissent |
Infinitive present abesse Infinitive perfect āfuisse Infinitive future abfutūrum esse | Imperative present abes abeste Imperative future abestō abestō abestōte absuntō |
| PARTICIPLE | ||
| Participle present active | ||
| absēns | absentēs | |
| absēns | absentēs | |
| absēns | absentēs | |
| absēns | absentēs | |
| absēns | absentēs | |
| Participle future active | ||
| abfutūrus | abfutūrī | |
| abfutūrus | abfutūrī | |
| abfutūrus | abfutūrī | |
| abfutūrus | abfutūrī | |
| abfutūrus | abfutūrī | |
| Participle perfect passive | ||
| - | - | |
| - | - | |
| - | - | |
| - | - | |
| - | - | |
| Gerundive | ||
| - | - | |
| - | - | |
| - | - | |
| - | - | |
| - | - | |
| Gerund | Supine | |
| - | - | |
| - | - | |
| - | ||
| - | ||
| - | ||
| PARTICIPLE | ||
| Participle present active | ||
| Nom. | absēns | absentēs |
| Gen. | absentis | absentium |
| Dat. | absentī | absentibus |
| Acc. | absentem | absentēs |
| Abl. | absente | absentibus |
| Participle future active | ||
| Nom. | abfutūrus | abfutūrī |
| Gen. | abfutūrī | abfutūrōrum |
| Dat. | abfutūrō | abfutūrīs |
| Acc. | abfutūrum | abfutūrōs |
| Abl. | abfutūrō | abfutūrīs |
| Participle perfect passive | ||
| Nom. | - | - |
| Gen. | - | - |
| Dat. | - | - |
| Acc. | - | - |
| Abl. | - | - |
| Gerundive | ||
| Nom. | - | - |
| Gen. | - | - |
| Dat. | - | - |
| Acc. | - | - |
| Abl. | - | - |
| Gerund | Supine | |
| Nom. | - | - |
| Gen. | - | - |
| Dat. | - | |
| Acc. | - | |
| Abl. | - | |
Data sources
Notes
- Definitions
- Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 470.
- P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 13.
- Word frequencies
- Christopher Francese, "Latin Core Vocabulary," Dickinson College Commentaries, last modified 2014, http://dcc.dickinson.edu.
- Paul B. Diederich, The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings, PhD diss., (Columbia University, 1939).
- Louis Delatte, Suzanne Govaerts, Joseph Denooz, and Etienne Evrard, Dictionnaire fréquentiel et index inverse de la langue latine [Frequency Dictionary and Inverse Index of the Latin Language] (Liège, Belgium: Laboratoire d'analyse statistique des langues anciennes de l'Université de Liège [L.A.S.L.A.], 1981): 122.
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Diederich, Paul B. The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings. PhD diss., Columbia University, 1939.
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Citation
Chicago (17th ed.)
Allo Contributors. "absum, abesse, āfuī, abfutūrum (v.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified . Accessed November 24, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/absum-abesse-afui-abfuturum.
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Wheelock's Latin
Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 470.on page 470
