nominative
/ˈnɒmɪnətɪv
/adjective
1 Grammar Relating to or denoting a case of nouns, pronouns, and adjectives in Latin, Greek, and other inflected languages, used for the subject of a verb.It therefore cannot be further inflected as if it were a nominative singular noun....
- Grounding is marked by a cluster of features pertaining to the verb and its subject, namely tense inflection, number agreement of the verb with its subject, and the nominative case of the subject.
- Early medieval Latin also allowed for the possibility of a dependent substantive clause with finite verb and subject in the nominative case.
2ˈnɒmɪˌneɪtɪv Of or appointed by nomination as distinct from election.
noun Grammar
1A word in the nominative case.This is true of nominatives of all nouns other than some third declension consonant stems....
- If ‘to boldly go’ is a split infinitive, then ‘the happy cat’ is a split nominative.
1.1 (the nominative) The nominative case.These would include the nominative (for the subject of a sentence), the accusative (for its object) and the genitive (to indicate possession)....
- Other names on the sealing facets occur in either the nominative or the genitive.
Origin
Late Middle English: from Latin nominativus 'relating to naming', translation of Greek onomastikē (ptōsis) 'naming (case)'.