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<blockquote data-quote="Cognomen's Cassowary" data-source="post: 7290346" data-attributes="member: 6801445"><p>I <em>think</em> you are misremembering as regards the ablative absolute, though my experience of it is limited. As far as I am aware, ablative absolutes are phrasal, opposed to single words, and they require both a noun and a participle (or, occasionally, a second noun in place of the participle).</p><p></p><p>I wasn't sure about "arcanus -a -um" being used as a noun in Latin--hence my taking is at substantive adjective implying a woman--but now I find one dictionary saying that it can be and pointing to the phrase <em>arcana imperii</em> "the secrets of the empire." Thus "bellator arcana" could be read as "warrior by means of the esoteric" or "fighter by way of the mysterious." Except you would really expect it to be neuter instead of feminine. I guess if we were being generous we could read it as a substantive adjective with "res" as the implied noun. Thus "warrior by way of a secret thing" or "warrior by means of a mysterious matter."</p><p></p><p>Anyway, I thought it was a fun exercise to try to rescue the guide from its bad language, but I do agree with you that <em>Bellator Arcanus</em> "occult warrior" or <em>Bellator Arcanis</em> "warrior via secrets" would make more sense.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Cognomen's Cassowary, post: 7290346, member: 6801445"] I [I]think[/I] you are misremembering as regards the ablative absolute, though my experience of it is limited. As far as I am aware, ablative absolutes are phrasal, opposed to single words, and they require both a noun and a participle (or, occasionally, a second noun in place of the participle). I wasn't sure about "arcanus -a -um" being used as a noun in Latin--hence my taking is at substantive adjective implying a woman--but now I find one dictionary saying that it can be and pointing to the phrase [I]arcana imperii[/I] "the secrets of the empire." Thus "bellator arcana" could be read as "warrior by means of the esoteric" or "fighter by way of the mysterious." Except you would really expect it to be neuter instead of feminine. I guess if we were being generous we could read it as a substantive adjective with "res" as the implied noun. Thus "warrior by way of a secret thing" or "warrior by means of a mysterious matter." Anyway, I thought it was a fun exercise to try to rescue the guide from its bad language, but I do agree with you that [I]Bellator Arcanus[/I] "occult warrior" or [I]Bellator Arcanis[/I] "warrior via secrets" would make more sense. [/QUOTE]
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