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
Miles Gloriosus
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...senatus poterit nunc haberier. ibo intro, ne, dum absum, alter sorti defuat.— 595 ACTVS III III.i Palaestrio Cohibete..."Heauton Timorumenos
Publius Terentius Afer (Terence)
"...patriam facis; nam dum abs te absum omnes mihi labores f re quos cepi leves praeter quam..."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..."Liber Tertius
Marcus Tullius Cicero from De Finibus
"...erudiens, iure reprehenderer. sed ab eo plurimum absum neque, ut ea cognoscas, quae tibi notissima sunt..."