WORDLE LATINE
absum
verbum
absum—Absum: abesse, non adesse; longe esse.
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[ˈap.sũː], [ˈab.sum]
Origin
From ab- (“from, away”) + sum (“I am”).
verb
- suppletiveto be away, to be absent, to be distant“‘Nusquam aberō, et tūtum patriō tē līmine sistam.’” — “‘I will never be distant [from you], and will set you safe at your father's doorstep.’” (Venus reassures her son, Aeneas.)
- suppletiveto stretch, be away from, be distant from (with ab + ablative)“Hic locus aequō ferē spatiō ab castrīs Ariovistī et Caesaris aberat.” — This position was placed at an almost equal distance from Ariovist's and Caesar's camp.
- suppletiveto be forbidden, be unpleasant, unwarranted for, vile“Sī enim, quod absit, verba eius postpōnitis, quandō eum omnipotēns Deus poterit audīre prō vōbīs, quem vōs neglegitis audīre prō Deō?” — If in fact, and God forbid! you scorn his teachings, when God omnipotent were to hear him in your favor, would you neglect hearing him as messenger of our God?
adj
- form-of, neuter, nominative, singular, vocativenominative/vocative neuter singular
- accusative, form-of, masculine, neuter, singularaccusative masculine/neuter singular
noun
- accusative, form-of, singularaccusative singular of absus
Formsabsum(canonical) · irregular conjugation(canonical) · no passive(canonical) · no supine stem except in the future active participle(canonical) · no gerund(canonical) · abesse(infinitive, present) · āfuī(active, perfect) · āfutūrus(active, future, participle) · absum(active, first-person, indicative, present, singular) · abes(active, indicative, present, second-person, singular) · abest(active, indicative, present, singular, third-person) · absumus(active, first-person, indicative, plural, present) · abestis(active, indicative, plural, present, second-person) · absunt(active, indicative, plural, present, third-person) · aberam(active, first-person, imperfect, indicative, singular) · aberās(active, imperfect, indicative, second-person, singular) · aberat(active, imperfect, indicative, singular, third-person) · aberāmus(active, first-person, imperfect, indicative, plural) · aberātis(active, imperfect, indicative, plural, second-person) · aberant(active, imperfect, indicative, plural, third-person)