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Definition vocative

Etymology

From Late Middle English [Term?], borrowed from Middle French vocatif, from Latin voc?t?vus (“for calling”); a calque of Ancient Greek ??????? (kl?tik?, “for calling; vocative case”) – from voc?re (“to call”), from Proto-Indo-European *wok?-, o-grade of *wek?- (“give vocal utterance, speak”). See Latin v?x.

Adjective

vocative (comparative more vocative, superlative most vocative)

1. Of or pertaining to calling; used in calling or vocation.
2. (grammar) Used in address; appellative (said of that case or form of the noun, pronoun, or adjective, in which a person or thing is addressed). For example "Domine, O Lorde"

Noun

vocative (plural vocatives)

1. (grammar) The vocative case
2. (grammar) A word in the vocative case