absēns entis, adj.
P. of absum, absent : quod is non absens reus factus esset: absenti senatui plausus est datus: absentem alqm condemnare: absens perii, away from you , O.: nobis absentibus: illum absens absentem auditque videtque, V.: postulo ut mihi tua domus te praesente absente pateat, i. e. whether you are at home or not , T.: absente nobis turbatumst, in our absence , T.: plebs tribunos plebi absentes Sex. Tempanium M. Asellium fecit, i. e. although they did not appear as competitors , L.—Poet. of places: Romae rus optas, absentem rusticus urbem tollis ad astra, H.—As subst, an absent person : minitari absenti: absentem defendere.