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In Ancient Greek grammar, the genitive absolute (Latin: genitivus absolutus) is a grammatical construction consisting of a participle and often a noun both in the genitive case, which is very similar to the ablative absolute in Latin. A genitive absolute construction serves as a dependent clause, usually at the beginning of a sentence, in which the genitive noun is subject of the dependent clause and the participle takes on the role of predicate. The term ''absolute'' comes from the Latin ''absolutus'', literally meaning "made loose". That comes from the general truth that the genitive absolute usually does not refer to anything in the independent clause; however, there are many exceptions, notably in the New Testament and in Koine. ==Conjunctions in different tenses== All three participle tenses are used in forming a genitive absolute. This results in different meanings of text and different translations because of different relations in time between the independent and the dependent clause. ''Present participles'' are used when the information in the dependent clause happens "during" the independent clause, and are therefore translated as such. Such a translated genitive absolute begins with, for example, ''while'' or ''as'', or a present participle is used. ''Aorist participles'' are used when the dependent clause takes place before the independent clause. That means that instead of ''while'' and ''as'', ''after'' and ''when'' are the conjunctions in translations or a perfect participle is applied and not a present one. ''Future participles'', which are less common than their present and aorist counterparts, give information about what ''will'' or ''might'' be. Apart from translations with these conjunctions, others are also frequently used while translating a genitive absolute, such as ''because'', ''however'', or ''although''. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Genitive absolute」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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