absum
Dictionary entries
- Entry →absus, absi:
Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
wad (of wool);
acc. sg.gen. pl. - Entry →absum, abesse, abfui, abfuturus:
Verb · Compounds Of To Be
- Frequency:
- Lesser
- Dictionary:
- Lewis & Short
be away/absent/distant/missing; be free/removed from; be lacking; be distinct;
sg. pres. act. ind. 1st
Examples
- T
Miles Gloriosus
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...senatus poterit nunc haberier. ibo intro, ne, dum absum, alter sorti defuat.— 595 ACTVS III III.i Palaestrio Cohibete..." - P
Heauton Timorumenos
Publius Terentius Afer (Terence)
"...patriam facis; nam dum abs te absum omnes mihi labores f re quos cepi leves praeter quam..." - L
Liber VI
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...multum ab homine tolerabili, nedum a perfecto absum, sed de illo in quem fortuna ius perdidit: huius quoque..." - M
Liber Tertius
Marcus Tullius Cicero from De Finibus
"...erudiens, iure reprehenderer. sed ab eo plurimum absum neque, ut ea cognoscas, quae tibi notissima sunt..."