Genitive

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Genitive \Gen"i*tive\, a. [L. genitivus, fr. gignere, genitum,
     to beget: cf. F. g['e]nitif. See {Gender}.] (Gram.)
     Of or pertaining to that case (as the second case of Latin
     and Greek nouns) which expresses source or possession. It
     corresponds to the possessive case in English.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Genitive \Gen"i*tive\, n. (Gram.)
     The genitive case.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     {Genitive absolute}, a construction in Greek similar to the
        ablative absolute in Latin. See {Ablative absolute}.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  genitive
       adj : serving to express or indicate possession; "possessive
             pronouns"; "the genitive endings" [syn: {possessive}]
       n : the case expressing ownership [syn: {genitive case}, {possessive
           case}]