Latin

Preposition

absque ‎(takes ablative)

1. without
2. apart from
3. but for

References

• absque in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• absque in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ABSQUE in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “absque”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.