vocativus
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin vocātīvus.
Noun
vocativus m (plural vocativi or vocativussen)
- (grammar) the vocative case or a word therein
- Er staan meerdere vocativi in deze alinea. ― There are multiple vocatives in this paragraph.
Synonyms
Latin
Etymology
From vocō (“to call, summon”) + -īvus (adjectival suffix). A calque of Ancient Greek κλητῐκή (klētĭkḗ).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [wɔ.kaːˈtiː.wʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [vo.kaˈt̪iː.vus]
Adjective
vocātīvus (feminine vocātīva, neuter vocātīvum); first/second-declension adjective
- (grammar) of or belonging to calling, vocative
- (masculine noun, scilicet casus) vocative case, vocative
- 1855, Grammatici latini ex recensione Henrici Keilii vol. II: Prisciani institutionum grammaticarum libri I-XII ex recensione Martini Hertzii, Lipsiae, [ianiInstitutionumGrammaticarumLibri/PriscianiInstitutionumGrammaticarumLibriI-xiihertz.1855/page/186/mode/1up page 186]:
- vocātīvus etiam salūtātōrius vocātur, ut 'ō Aenēā' et 'salvē Aenēā'; […]
- [T]he vocative is also called the salutatory, as in 'oh Aeneas' and 'hello Aeneas'; […]
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | vocātīvus | vocātīva | vocātīvum | vocātīvī | vocātīvae | vocātīva | |
| genitive | vocātīvī | vocātīvae | vocātīvī | vocātīvōrum | vocātīvārum | vocātīvōrum | |
| dative | vocātīvō | vocātīvae | vocātīvō | vocātīvīs | |||
| accusative | vocātīvum | vocātīvam | vocātīvum | vocātīvōs | vocātīvās | vocātīva | |
| ablative | vocātīvō | vocātīvā | vocātīvō | vocātīvīs | |||
| vocative | vocātīve | vocātīva | vocātīvum | vocātīvī | vocātīvae | vocātīva | |
Descendants
References
- “vocativus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- vocativus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.