Meaning of absens | Babel Free
[ˈap.sẽːs]Definitions
absent, missing, away, away from, distant, gone, gone away
active, declension-3, form-of, one-termination, participle, present
Equivalents
Examples
“… illum absēns absentem auditque videtque; ….”
[Although] he has gone away, she [still] hears and sees [her] missing [love]. (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.)
CEFR level
B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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