vocativus

Borrowed from Latin vocātīvus.

vocativus m (plural vocativi or vocativussen)

1. (grammar) the vocative case or a word therein

   Er staan meerdere vocativi in deze alinea. ― There are multiple vocatives in this paragraph.

• vijfde naamval
• vocatief

From vocō (“to call, summon”) +‎ -īvus (adjectival suffix). A calque of Ancient Greek κλητῐκή (klētĭkḗ).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /u̯o.kaːˈtiː.u̯us/, [u̯ɔkäːˈt̪iːu̯ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /vo.kaˈti.vus/, [vokäˈt̪iːvus]

vocātīvus (feminine vocātīva, neuter vocātīvum); first/second-declension adjective

1. (grammar) of or belonging to calling, vocative
2. (masculine noun, scilicet casus) vocative case, vocative
   • 1855, Grammatici latini ex recensione Henrici Keilii vol. II: Prisciani institutionum grammaticarum libri I-XII ex recensione Martini Hertzii, Lipsiae, [ianiInstitutionumGrammaticarumLibri/PriscianiInstitutionumGrammaticarumLibriI-xiihertz.1855/page/186/mode/1up page 186]:

     vocātīvus etiam salūtātōrius vocātur, ut 'ō Aenēā' et 'salvē Aenēā'; […]

     [T]he vocative is also called the salutatory, as in 'oh Aeneas' and 'hello Aeneas'; […]

     Priscianus, Institutiones grammaticae, page 671 P.

First/second-declension adjective.

• “vocativus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• vocativus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.