Definition of Datives

1. Noun. (plural of dative) ¹

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Definition of Datives

1. dative [n] - See also: dative

Lexicographical Neighbors of Datives

datings
dation
dation in payment
datiscin
datiscins
datival
dative
dative-case
dative bond
dative bonds
dative case
dative cases
dative executor
dative of purpose
datively
datives (current term)
datives of purpose
dato
datolite
datolites
datos
datto
dattos
datum
datum circle
datum circles
datum line
datum lines
datum plane
datum planes

Literary usage of Datives

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges by Albert Harkness (1892)
"Two datives—To which and For which. 390. Two datives—the OBJECT то WHICH and ... The verba which take TWO datives are— 1) Intransitive verbs signifying to ..."

2. A Practical Introduction to Latin Prose Composition by Thomas Kerchever Arnold, Jesse Ames Spencer (1867)
"(Verbs that are often followed by two datives.) (1) With auxilio (assistance). Come, venire, ven, vent. ..."

3. A Practical Introduction to Latin Prose Composition by Thomas Kerchever Arnold (1859)
"... post diebus venit ad me Caninius, But behold, a few days afterwards Caninius comes to me. Vocabulary 34. (Verbs that are often followed by two datives. ..."

4. Rudiments of a Grammar of the Anglo-Saxon Tongue by Joseph Gwilt (1829)
"The FIRST DECLENSION is that of Nouns whose Genitives end in ej-, the datives and Ablatives in e, the Nominatives and Accusatives plural in aj-, ..."

5. Chips from a German Workshop by Friedrich Max Müller, Christian Karl Josias Bunsen (1890)
"prefer, though wrongly, to look upon such datives as infinitives. ... What applies to datives of nouns in t, applies with still greater force to datives of ..."

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