absolute Copy link Outline I. Unconditional1. pūrus2. absŏlūtusII. Uncontrolled (v. also, SUPREME)III. Complete, entireIV. Unconnected (gram. t. t.) • absolute: I. Unconditional: 1. pūrus: an ab. decision, p. judicium, Cic.: ab. freedom, p. libertas, Scaev. 2. absŏlūtus: I seem to see that some necessities are contingent, others simple and ab., mihi videor videre esse quasdam cum adjunctione necessitudines, quasdam simplices et ab., Cic.: a true and ab. gift, vera et ab. donatio, Paul. Dig. II. Uncontrolled (v. also, supreme): Phr.: ab. power, infinita potestas, Cic.: inf. imperium, Cic.: dŏmĭnātus, ūs: all things were in the ab. power of one man, dominatu unius omnia tenebantur, Cic.: L. Brutus freed the Roman people from the ab. power of kings, L. Brutus populum R. dominatu regis liberavit, Cic.: also, dŏmĭnātĭo: Cic.: Liv.: ty̆rannis, ĭdis, f.: to seize upon ab. power, tyrannidem occupare, Cic.: to aim at ab. power, tyrannidem affectare, Quint.: an ab. master or ruler, dŏmĭnus: he is the ab. ruler of a people whom the Greeks call a tyrant, hic est dominus populi quem Graeci tyrannum vocant, Cic. III. Complete, entire: q. v. IV. Unconnected (gram. t. t.): *absŏlūtus.