Vocative

created by Webster 1913

(idea) by katherine (2.1 d) (print) ? (I like it!) 1 C! Tue Jul 30 2002 at 5:00:59

in Latin, words in the Vocative case are used to express direct address. They predominantly carry the same endings as the Nominative case.

For Example:
English: "come, o Julius!"
Latin: "veni, o Julie!"

English: "Hello, little boy."
Latin: "Salve, parve puer."

A dead giveaway (just as in greek) that a word is in the vocative case: it will usually be directly proceeded by an 'o'. (aptly translated "oh")...

In Latin, the Vocative case uses the endings:

      Sing  Plur
1Dec  -a    -ae
2Dec  -e    -i
3Dec  -*    -es
4Dec  -us   -us
5Dec  -es   -es

* - Third Declension singular Nouns can have almost any ending in the Vocative Case. You Just have to memorize them. Tough beans.

back to Latin...

(definition) by Webster 1913 (print) Wed Dec 22 1999 at 4:18:30

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.

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Latin	First Declension	Sanskrit Grammar: Noun Cases	Fifth declension
Second Declension	Ablative	Pie Iesu Domine, dona eis requiem	Case
word-initial mutations in Celtic languages	Third Declension	Fourth declension	O Tannenbaum
The Lord's Prayer: Gothic	Writing a solid metaphor and/or simile	present tense	Nominative
Jesus	Locative	Proto-Indo-European	Latvian
Catullus 11	Sindarin nouns	man	superessive

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