单词 | datival |
释义 | dativaladj. Grammar. Of or relating to the dative case. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > case > [adjective] > dative dativec1400 datival1818 1818 Monthly Mag. 46 322 Instead of the genitival and datival terminations. 1890 Classical Rev. 4 381/1 The infinitive as an abstract is always future and the same idea grows out of its datival origin. 1932 A. H. Gardiner Theory of Speech & Lang. v. 307 For example, in To whom did George give the book? the dependence of whom upon the datival word to shows that the query concerns the recipient of George's gift. 1963 J. Jeremias Parables of Jesus iii. ii. 136 We have a parable with a datival opening. 1999 J. A. Palmer Plato's Reception of Parmenides i. iii. 47 To get the desired sense, the participle should be another datival infinitive. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1818 |
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