"absens" meaning in Latin

See absens in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: [ˈap.sẽːs] [Classical-Latin], [ˈab.sens] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: Present active participle of absum (“be away from, absent”) Head templates: {{la-part|absēns}} absēns (genitive absentis); third-declension one-termination participle Inflection templates: {{la-adecl|absēns<3-P+>}} Forms: absēns [canonical], absentis [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], absēns [feminine, masculine, neuter, nominative, singular], absentēs [feminine, masculine, nominative, plural], absentia [neuter, nominative, plural], absentis [feminine, genitive, masculine, neuter, singular], absentium [feminine, genitive, masculine, neuter, plural], absentī [dative, feminine, masculine, neuter, singular], absentibus [dative, feminine, masculine, neuter, plural], absentem [accusative, feminine, masculine, singular], absēns [accusative, neuter, singular], absentēs [accusative, feminine, masculine, plural], absentīs [accusative, feminine, masculine, plural], absentia [accusative, neuter, plural], absente [ablative, feminine, masculine, neuter, singular], absentī [ablative, feminine, masculine, neuter, singular], absentibus [ablative, feminine, masculine, neuter, plural], absēns [feminine, masculine, neuter, singular, vocative], absentēs [feminine, masculine, plural, vocative], absentia [neuter, plural, vocative], apsēns [alternative]
  1. absent, missing, away, away from, distant, gone, gone away Tags: active, declension-3, form-of, one-termination, participle, present Form of: absum (extra: be away from, absent) Related terms: absentia, absentīvus, absentō, absum
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      "lang": "Asturian",
      "lang_code": "ast",
      "word": "ausente"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "lang_code": "ca",
      "word": "absent"
    },
    {
      "lang": "English",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "word": "absent"
    },
    {
      "lang": "French",
      "lang_code": "fr",
      "word": "absent"
    },
    {
      "lang": "French",
      "lang_code": "fr",
      "word": "sans"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Galician",
      "lang_code": "gl",
      "word": "ausente"
    },
    {
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        {
          "lang": "German",
          "lang_code": "de",
          "word": "abwesend"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Old High German",
      "lang_code": "goh",
      "tags": [
        "calque",
        "calque"
      ],
      "word": "abawesan"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "word": "assente"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "word": "ausente"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "lang_code": "ro",
      "word": "absent"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "word": "ausente"
    }
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      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "absentis",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "absēns",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "absentēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
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    },
    {
      "form": "absentia",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "absentis",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "absentium",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "absentī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
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        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
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      "source": "declension",
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        "plural"
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        "feminine",
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        "plural"
      ]
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    {
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
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    },
    {
      "form": "absente",
      "source": "declension",
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        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
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    {
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      "source": "declension",
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        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
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        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
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    },
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "absentēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "absentia",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "apsēns",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "absēns"
      },
      "expansion": "absēns (genitive absentis); third-declension one-termination participle",
      "name": "la-part"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "absēns<3-P+>"
      },
      "name": "la-adecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin third declension participles of one termination",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "[Although] he has gone away, she [still] hears and sees [her] missing [love].\n(Nominative and accusative forms side-by-side: The poetic collocation doubly emphasizes how much Dido misses Aeneas, and how he remains in her thoughts even when he is away.)",
          "ref": "29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.83",
          "text": "… illum absēns absentem auditque videtque; ….",
          "translation": "[Although] he has gone away, she [still] hears and sees [her] missing [love].\n(Nominative and accusative forms side-by-side: The poetic collocation doubly emphasizes how much Dido misses Aeneas, and how he remains in her thoughts even when he is away.)",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "extra": "be away from, absent",
          "word": "absum"
        }
      ],
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        "absent, missing, away, away from, distant, gone, gone away"
      ],
      "id": "en-absens-la-verb-v2iA2IH6",
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        [
          "absent",
          "absent"
        ],
        [
          "missing",
          "missing"
        ],
        [
          "away",
          "away"
        ],
        [
          "from",
          "from"
        ],
        [
          "distant",
          "distant"
        ],
        [
          "gone",
          "gone"
        ]
      ],
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        {
          "word": "absentia"
        },
        {
          "word": "absentīvus"
        },
        {
          "word": "absentō"
        },
        {
          "word": "absum"
        }
      ],
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        "declension-3",
        "form-of",
        "one-termination",
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "ipa": "[ˈap.sẽːs]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈab.sens]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "absens"
}
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  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Asturian",
      "lang_code": "ast",
      "word": "ausente"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "lang_code": "ca",
      "word": "absent"
    },
    {
      "lang": "English",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "word": "absent"
    },
    {
      "lang": "French",
      "lang_code": "fr",
      "word": "absent"
    },
    {
      "lang": "French",
      "lang_code": "fr",
      "word": "sans"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Galician",
      "lang_code": "gl",
      "word": "ausente"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "German",
          "lang_code": "de",
          "word": "abwesend"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Old High German",
      "lang_code": "goh",
      "tags": [
        "calque",
        "calque"
      ],
      "word": "abawesan"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "word": "assente"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "word": "ausente"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "lang_code": "ro",
      "word": "absent"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "word": "ausente"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Present active participle of absum (“be away from, absent”)",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "absēns",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "absentis",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "la-adecl",
      "source": "declension",
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      ]
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    {
      "form": "absēns",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "absentēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "absentī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "absentibus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "absentem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "absēns",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "absentēs",
      "source": "declension",
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        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
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    },
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        "accusative",
        "feminine",
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        "plural"
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    },
    {
      "form": "absentia",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "absente",
      "source": "declension",
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        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
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        "singular"
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        "ablative",
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        "plural"
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        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
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        "vocative"
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    },
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
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    {
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      "source": "declension",
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        "neuter",
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        "vocative"
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      ]
    }
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      },
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      "name": "la-part"
    }
  ],
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        "1": "absēns<3-P+>"
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  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "verb",
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    {
      "word": "absentia"
    },
    {
      "word": "absentīvus"
    },
    {
      "word": "absentō"
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    {
      "word": "absum"
    }
  ],
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        "Latin 2-syllable words",
        "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
        "Latin non-lemma forms",
        "Latin participles",
        "Latin present participles",
        "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Latin terms with quotations",
        "Latin third declension participles",
        "Latin third declension participles of one termination",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "[Although] he has gone away, she [still] hears and sees [her] missing [love].\n(Nominative and accusative forms side-by-side: The poetic collocation doubly emphasizes how much Dido misses Aeneas, and how he remains in her thoughts even when he is away.)",
          "ref": "29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.83",
          "text": "… illum absēns absentem auditque videtque; ….",
          "translation": "[Although] he has gone away, she [still] hears and sees [her] missing [love].\n(Nominative and accusative forms side-by-side: The poetic collocation doubly emphasizes how much Dido misses Aeneas, and how he remains in her thoughts even when he is away.)",
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      ],
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          "missing",
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          "away",
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        [
          "from",
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈab.sens]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "absens"
}

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