absus

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈap.sʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈab.sus]

Etymology 1

Noun

absus m (genitive absī); second declension

1. alternative form of hapsus

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	absus	absī
genitive	absī	absōrum
dative	absō	absīs
accusative	absum	absōs
ablative	absō	absīs
vocative	abse	absī

Etymology 2

From absēns (“absent”).

Adjective

absus (feminine absa, neuter absum); first/second-declension adjective (Medieval Latin)

1. (of land) uncultivated, unoccupied
2. (of a person) possessing no tenancy

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	absus	absa	absum		absī	absae	absa
genitive	absī	absae	absī		absōrum	absārum	absōrum
dative	absō	absae	absō		absīs
accusative	absum	absam	absum		absōs	absās	absa
ablative	absō	absā	absō		absīs
vocative	abse	absa	absum		absī	absae	absa

Derived terms

• absārius
• absitās

References

• "absus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976), “absus”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill