2006, H. Peter Steeves,The Things Themselves, page75:
The bikinied models in most of the ESPN2 shows haveabs. Many of the malnourished bikinied models in the commercials have visible rib cages. How did the two get conflated into a shared vision of beauty?
2010, Bill Geiger, "6-pack Abs in 9 Weeks", Reps! 17:106
When possible, do yourab workout on a day when you're not training a major muscle group[…].
A. Schapper (citing Steinhauer),Elevation in the spatial deictic systems of Alor-Pantar languages, inThe Alor-Pantar languages: History and Typology, edited by Marian Klamer
ASJP, citing L. C. Robinson and G. Holton,Internal classification of the Alor-Pantar language family using computational methods applied to the lexicon (2012)
Thepredicative use is common in colloquial German throughout the country.
Theattributive forms are mostly used in Western and Northern Germany and are considerably less common than the predicative use. They used to be used mostlyjocularly, but become gradually more frequent since they are much shorter than the appropriate full verb forms such asabgetrennt(“disconnected, severed”).
The inflected attributive forms retain the devoiced consonant. Hence, sometimes they are spelled withp, rather thanb:appes Bein.
FromProto-Italic*ap, fromProto-Indo-European*h₂epó(“off, away”) (whenceEnglishoff,of andafter).[1] See alsopo-. Cognate withᾰ̓πό(ăpó). The reconstruction of the Proto-Italic form is somewhat uncertain, as it's not clear when or how the final vowel of the PIE form was lost. The voicing of the final consonant to-b can be interpreted as an example of regular voicing of plosives in word-final position, as infēced < *fēcet, a sound change that some reconstruct at the common Italic stage. Others explain-b here as the result of analogical extension from clusters ending in a voiced consonant.[2] The formap- is attested in composition in Latinaperiō andUmbrian𐌀𐌐𐌄𐌇𐌕𐌓𐌄(apehtre).
106BCE – 43BCE,Cicero,Oration in favor of P. Sestius Pro P. Sestio Oratio.Ch. 42, sect. 92:
Horum utro uti nolumus, altero est utendum. vim volumus exstingui, ius valeat necesse est, id est iudicia, quibus omne ius continetur; iudicia displicent aut nulla sunt, vis dominetur necesse est. hoc vident omnes: Milo et vidit et fecit, ut ius experiretur, vim depelleret. altero uti voluit, ut virtus audaciam vinceret; altero usus necessario est,ne virtusab audacia vinceretur.
...so that virtue might not be overwhelmedby insolence.
^De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “ab, abs, as-, ā-, af-, au-”, inEtymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill,→ISBN,pages19-20
^Vaan, M. A. C. de. (2009). Latin au- 'away', an allomorph of ab-. Anuari De Filologia 25-26 [2003-2004]. Secció D: Studia Graeca Et Latina. Número 12, 25-26, 141-147. Retrieved fromhttps://hdl.handle.net/1887/18683
“ab”, inCharlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879)A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
ab inGaffiot, Félix (1934)Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
ab, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese),University of Chicago, since 2011
Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894)Latin Phrase-Book[2], London:Macmillan and Co.
a gentle ascent:collis leniter ab infimo acclivis (opp.leniter a summo declivis)
the east winds are blowing:venti ab ortu solis flant
the Rhone[TR2] is the frontier between the Helvetii and the Sequani:Rhodanus Sequanos ab Helvetiis dividit
to be far from town:longe, procul abesse ab urbe
to devote every spare moment to...; to work without intermission at a thing:nullum tempus intermittere, quin (alsoab opere, orad opus)
in the fifth year from the founding of the city:anno ab urbe condita quinto
to be always at a person's side:ab alicuius latere non discedere
to turn one's gaze away from an object:oculos deicere, removere ab aliqua re
to trace one's descent from some one:originem ab aliquo trahere, ducere
a native of England:ortus ab Anglis ororiundus ex Anglis
from one's entry into civil life:ab ineunte (prima) aetate (De Or. 1. 21. 97)
to begin with a thing:initium capere; incipere ab aliqua re
to start from small beginnings:ab exiguis initiis proficisci
the motive, cause, is to be found in..:causa repetenda est ab aliqua re (notquaerenda)
to originate in, arise from:ab aliqua re proficisci
to rescue from destruction:ab exitio, ab interitu aliquem vindicare
to gain a person's esteem, friendship:gratiam inire ab aliquoorapud aliquem
to look favourably upon; to support:propenso animo, studio esse orpropensa voluntate esse in aliquem (opp.averso animo esse ab aliquo)
to gain one's point with any one:aliquid ab aliquo impetrare
to win golden opinions from every one:maximam ab omnibus laudem adipisci
to have a good or bad reputation, be spoken well, ill of:bene, male audire (ab aliquo)
to use up, make full use of one's spare time:otio abūti orotium ad suum usum transferre
to draw away some one's attention from a thing:alicuius animum ab aliqua re abducere
to hold the same views:idem sentire (opp.dissentire ab aliquo)
to apply to a person for advice:consilium petere ab aliquo
to rescue from oblivion:aliquid ab oblivione vindicare
to be quite uncivilised:ab omni cultu et humanitate longe abesse (B. G. 1. 1. 3)
to be educated by some one:litteras discere ab aliquo
to receive instruction from some one:institui orerudiri ab aliquo
to derive an argument from a thing:argumentum ducere, sumere ex aliqua re orpetere ab aliqua re
to disagree with a person:dissentire, dissidere ab orcum aliquo
to go back to the remote ages:repetere ab ultima (extrema, prisca) antiquitate (vetustate), ab heroicis temporibus
to have no taste for the fine arts:abhorrere ab artibus (opp.delectari artibus)
to go a long way back (in narrative):longe, alte (longius, altius) repetere (either absolute orab aliqua re)
no sound passed his lips:nulla vox est ab eo audita
to extract an answer from some one:responsum ab aliquo ferre, auferre
to translate from Plato:ab orde (notex)Platone vertere, convertere, transferre
to form, derive a word from... (used of the man who first creates the word):vocabulum,verbum, nomen ducere ab, ex...
the wordamicitia comes fromamare:nomen amicitiae (or simplyamicitia)dicitur ab amando
to be separated by a deadly hatred:capitali odio dissidere ab aliquo (De Am. 1. 2)
to prevent some one from growing angry, appease his anger:animum alicuius ab iracundia revocare
to revenge oneself on some one:ulcisci aliquem,poenas expetere ab aliquo
to revenge oneself on another for a thing or on some one's behalf:poenas alicuius oralicuius rei repetere ab aliquo
to protect any one from wrong:ab iniuria aliquem defendere
to neglect one's duty:ab officio discedere
to neglect one's duty:de, ab officio decedere
to let oneself be perverted from one's duty:ab officio abduci, avocari
to have an inclination for a thing:propensum, proclivem esse ad aliquid (opp.alienum, aversum esse, abhorrere ab aliqua re)
the principles which I have followed since I came to man's estate:meae vitae rationes ab ineunte aetate susceptae (Imp. Pomp. 1. 1.)
to summon some one from the dead:aliquem ab inferis ora mortuis evocare, excitare (passiveab inferis exsistere)
to ask for an oracular response:oraculum petere (ab aliquo)
from beginning to end:ab ovo usque ad mala (proverb.)
the conversation began with..:sermo ortus est ab aliqua re
something has been left as a legacy by some one:hereditate aliquid relictum est ab aliquo
I have received a legacy from a person:hereditas ad me ormihi venit ab aliquo (Verr. 2. 1. 10)
to lend, borrow money at interest:pecuniam fenori (fenore) alicui dare, accipere ab aliquo
to borrow money from some one:pecuniam mutuari orsumere mutuam ab aliquo
to demand an account, an audit of a matter:rationem alicuius rei reposcere aliquem orab aliquo
to demand an account, an audit of a matter:rationem ab aliquo reptere de aliqua re (Cluent. 37. 104)
to gain some one's favour:gratiam inire apud aliquem, ab aliquo (cf. sect. V. 12)
to be on a person's side (notab alicuius partibus):ab (cum) aliquo stare (Brut. 79. 273)
to hold different views in politics:ab aliquo in re publica dissentire
to deliver some one from slavery:ab aliquo servitutem orservitutis iugum depellere
to exact a penalty from some one:poenam petere, repetere ab aliquo
to exact a penalty from some one:poenas expetere ab aliquo
to lay down arms:ab armis discedere (Phil. 11. 33)
to demand satisfaction, restitution:res repetere (ab aliquo) (Off. 1. 11. 36)
to gain a victory over the enemy:victoriam reportare ab hoste
putting aside, except:cum discessi, -eris, -eritis ab
R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “ab”, inGeiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
