nominativus Latin · revision 9592

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation, calque|attested=Varro|origins=la nōmen}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [noː.mɪ.naːˈtiː.wʊs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [no.mi.naˈtiː.vus]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''nōminātīvus''' (feminine nōminātīva, neuter nōminātīvum); first/second-declension adjective^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[nōminō]] “to name” with the suffix [[-īvus]], a calque of [[grc|ὀνομαστική|tr=onomastikḗ]] (⟨ptôsis⟩), the naming case.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD, Gaffiot and Köbler cite Varro's ''De lingua Latina''.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010) Köbler dates Varro 116–27 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ In grammar ''cāsus nōminātīvus'', or simply ''nōminātīvus'', was the nominative case, as in Varro; the late grammarian Consentius uses it more generally, serving to name.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ Medieval Latin used it for named, and for bearing someone's name as a memorial.^(Niermeyer 1976) British Medieval Latin used it of the nominative case, as in Aldhelm.^(DMLBS) [[en|nominative]] came through Old French in the late 14th century.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 116–27 BC – Varro uses it.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * late 14th century – English ''nominative'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # ''(grammar)'' [[m|en|nominative|alt=Nominative]]; serving to name.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' Named; bearing a name as a memorial.^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ===Noun===

+ # ''(grammar)'' The nominative case.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[nōminō]]

+ * [[nōmen]]

+ * [[cāsus]]

+ * [[en|nominative]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}