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noun cases
cases for "declining" nouns and adjectives--nominative, genitive, etc....
6
Language - Latin
Not Applicable
08/30/2005

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Term
Nominative
Definition
subject
Term
Genitive
Definition
possession
("poet's roses" OR "roses of the poet"
Term
Dative
Definition
Indirect object
(determine by using "to" or "for" with the noun...ex: giving large roses TO THE GIRL......TO THE SAILORS, etc.)
Term
Accusative
Definition
direct object

(also used for the object of certain prepositions, such as "ad"(to), "in"(into), and "post"(after, behind)
Term
Ablative
Definition
adverbial usage; romans used ablative sometimes with a preposition and sometimes without one
Term
Vocative
Definition
to address or call a person or thing directly
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