genitivus

What I understood from "genitivus absolutus" was that the *subject* of a dependant clause is marked in the genitive case.

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In English, a genitivus absolutus of another language acts as though it's the subject of the action

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IF the genitivus absolutus exists in Etruscan, like in Greek and in Dutch, there must be more.

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When I saw tins, I thought maybe it was a "genitivus absolutus", something like: "In broad daylight".

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In English, a genitivus absolutus of another language acts as though it's the subject of the action and translating the genitive literally is awkward.

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"When I saw tins, I thought maybe it was a 'genitivus absolutus', something like: 'In broad daylight'."

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IF the genitivus absolutus exists in Etruscan, like in Greek and in Dutch, there must be more.

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In Dutch the genitivus absolutus is seen almost exclusively in: "Des morgens ..."

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And you never saw an Etruscan genitivus absolutus, so there is no reason to suppose one here.

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Furthermore, I think a genitivus absolutus in the Etruscan language is highly improbable as the genitive/dative has very important functions, that might interfere with the absolutus.

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