Middle English Dictionary Entry
nōminātī̆f adj. & n.
Entry Info
| Forms | nōminātī̆f adj. & n. Also nomenatif, nominative. |
| Etymology | Lnōminātīvus |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Gram. Nominative; ~ cas, the nominative case; as noun = ~ cas.
Associated quotations
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)1.327 : Þat ylond of Ynde hatte Tilis in þe nomenatyf caas and þe ilond of occean hatte Tyle in þe nominatyf [Higd.(2): nominatiue] caas.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)12a/b : If þe nominatif case & þe verbe discordiþ..þe resoun is in congrue.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)233a/b : Lens..is y-write with d..in alle..outake þe nominatif case.
- ?c1425 Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)290/8 : Alle suche termes of Latyn schal be schewed in þis Englisshynge in þe nomynatyf case.
- (c1434) Drury Wks.(CmbAdd 2830)80/44 : Whenne xal þe superlatif degre ben formyd of þe nominatif case of his positif degre?
- c1450 Battlefield Gram.(Trin-C O.5.4)105 : How many case hastowe? Sixe: the nominatyf, genitif, [etc.].
- c1450 Battlefield Gram.(Trin-C O.5.4)121 : In how many maners schal the nominatyf case be gouernyd of a verbe?
- (c1454) Pecock Fol.(Roy 17.D.9)221/23 : Þe genetijf case may be..gouernyd of þe nominatijf case.
- a1500(?a1450) GRom.(Add 9066)416 : This is the falle of hem þat are prowde in name, and so we han the nominatif case.
- a1500 Donatus (1) (StJ-C F.26)1020 : Qwerby knowyst þe nominatyf case?
- a1500 Donatus (1) (StJ-C F.26)1021 : Qwan þe nominatyf endyth in -vs, þe vocatyf most comunly schal endyn in -e.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- c1414 Lin-C.Informacio (Lin-C 88)105/35-6 : If þer come noe nominatif case betwene þo relatif an þo verbe, þe þo relatif shal be nominatif case to þo verbe but if hit be a verbe inpersonil, þen þo relatif shal be sech case as þo verbe inpersonil wil haue aftur him…[etc.].
Note: Supplemental material
- a1475 Peniarth Informacio(1) (Pen 356B)95/129 : For ij nominatyue case syngler wyth an et coniunccion comyng betwene wyll haue a uerbe plurell; and ij substantyuis syngler wyth an et coniunccion betwene wyll haue an adiectiue plurell; and ij antecenens syngler whyt an et coniunccion comyng betwene syll haue a relatyue plurell.
Note: Need date
- c1450 Peniarth Accedence(2) (Pen 356B)10/46 : When þe nominatyf case endithe in -ius, ȝif hit be a propur name of a man, þe vocityf shall end in -i, the nominatyf and þe vocatyf plurell in -i.
Note: ~ plurel--per REL