| 释义 |
diptote, n. and a. Gram.|ˈdɪptəʊt|
Also 7–8 -tot, 8 -toton.
[ad. L. diptōta (pl.) nouns that have only two case-endings, a. Gr. δίπτωτα, pl. neuter of δίπτωτο-ς with a double case-ending, f. δι-, δίς twice + πτωτός falling (πτῶσις case).]
A. n. A noun having only two cases.
B. adj. Having only two cases.
1612Brinsley Pos. Parts (1669) 101 Q. What words do you call Diptots? A. Such as have but two cases. 1656Blount Glossogr., Diptote. 1751Wesley Wks. (1872) XIV. 40 Diptots, which have but two cases; as, Spontis, Sponte. 1885tr. Socin's Arab. Gram. 56 The triptote are distinguished from the diptote nouns by the nunation being always written over the former. |