Vocative

3 definitions found

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

  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]



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

  Vocative \Voc"a*tive\, n. [L. vocativus (sc. casus): cf. F.
     vocatif.] (Gram.)
     The vocative case.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  vocative
       adj : relating to a case used in some languages; "vocative verb
             endings"
       n : the case (in some inflected languages) used when the
           referent of the noun is being addressed [syn: {vocative
           case}]