1.
[syn: vocative, vocative case]
ADJECTIVE (1)
1. relating to a case used in some languages;
- Example: "vocative verb endings"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Vocative \Voc"a*tive\, a. [L. vocativus, fr. vocare to call.]
Of or pertaining to calling; used in calling; specifically
(Gram.), used in address; appellative; -- said of that case
or form of the noun, pronoun, or adjective, in which a person
or thing is addressed; as, Domine, O Lord.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Vocative \Voc"a*tive\, n. [L. vocativus (sc. casus): cf. F.
vocatif.] (Gram.)
The vocative case.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
vocative
adj 1: relating to a case used in some languages; "vocative verb
endings"
n 1: the case (in some inflected languages) used when the
referent of the noun is being addressed [syn: vocative,
vocative case]