vocativus

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin vocātīvus.

Noun

vocativus m (plural vocativi or vocativussen)

1. (grammar) the vocative case or a word therein

   Er staan meerdere vocativi in deze alinea. ― There are multiple vocatives in this paragraph.

Synonyms

• vijfde naamval
• vocatief

Latin

Etymology

From vocō (“to call, summon”) +‎ -īvus (adjectival suffix). A calque of Ancient Greek κλητῐκή (klētĭkḗ).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /u̯o.kaːˈtiː.u̯us/, [u̯ɔkäːˈt̪iːu̯ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /vo.kaˈti.vus/, [vokäˈt̪iːvus]

Adjective

vocātīvus (feminine vocātīva, neuter vocātīvum); first/second-declension adjective

1. (grammar) of or belonging to calling, vocative
2. (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'; […]

     Priscianus, Institutiones grammaticae, page 671 P.

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

• Catalan: vocatiu
• English: vocative
• French: vocatif
• Italian: vocativo
• Portuguese: vocativo
• Romanian: vocativ
• Spanish: vocativo

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.