vocativus

vocativus

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin vocativus.

Noun

vocativus m (plural vocativi or vocativussen)

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

Synonyms

• vijfde naamval
• vocatief

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Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /wo.kaːˈtiː.wus/, [wɔ.kaːˈtiː.wʊs]

Adjective

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

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, page 186 (= Priscianus, Institutiones grammaticae, page 671 P.)

     vocativus etiam salutatorius vocatur, ut 'o Aenea' et 'salve Aenea'

Declension

First/second declension.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	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	vocātīvīs	vocātīvīs
Accusative	vocātīvum	vocātīvam	vocātīvum		vocātīvōs	vocātīvās	vocātīva
Ablative	vocātīvō	vocātīvā	vocātīvō		vocātīvīs	vocātīvīs	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