Middle English Dictionary Entry
vocātī̆f n.
Entry Info
| Forms | vocātī̆f n. Also vocatife, (?error) vocityf. |
| Etymology | OF vocatif n. & L vocātīvus n.; also cp. ME vocātī̆f adj. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Gram. The vocative case; ~ plurel, the plural of the vocative case.
Associated quotations
- c1400 Dur-C.Treat.Syntax (Dur-C B.4.19)191/2 : How many case has yow…Þe nominat[if], geniti[f], datif, acusatif, vocatif, þe ablatif.
- c1450 Peniarth Accedence(2) (Pen 356B)10/45-6 : 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.
- c1450 Trin-C.Accedence (Trin-C O.5.4)34/105 : How many case hastowe? Sixe: the nominatyf, genitif, datyf, accusatyf, vocatyfe, ablatyf.