Definition of Geniteve
Gen"i*tive (?), a. [L.
genitivus, fr. gignere, genitum, to beget: cf.
F. génitif. See Gender.] (Gram.) Of
or pertaining to that case (as the second case of Latin and Greek
nouns) which expresses source or possession. It corresponds to the
possessive case in English.
Gen"i*tive, n. (Gram.) The
genitive case.
Genitive absolute, a construction in Greek
similar to the ablative absolute in Latin. See Ablative
absolute.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- (Grammar) Of or pertaining to that case (as the second case of Latin and Greek nouns) which expresses origin or possession. It corresponds to the possessive case in English.
- (Grammar) The genitive case.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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