Dutch

Noun

vocativus m ‎(plural vocativi or vocativussen)

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

Synonyms

• vijfde naamval
• vocatief

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 m ‎(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'

Inflection

First/second declension.

References

• vocativus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “vocativus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.