Definitions for: Vocative

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

Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

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

Synonyms: vocative case

See Also: oblique, oblique case

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