Absum

Latin-English

absum, ăbesse, āfŭī, —. (ˈab.sum) v. intrans.

1. To be away or at a distance from; to be absent.

[ab' + sum.]

Loci

• αʹ Cicero, Academica 1.1:

Paulumque cum ab eius villa abessemus, ipsum ad nos venientem vidimus.

And when we were not far from his villa, we saw him coming towards us.