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nominative, a. and n.|ˈnɒmɪnətɪv|
Also 4 nomen-, nominatyf, 5 nominatif(e, -iffe, 5–6 -iue, 6 -yve.
[a. F. nominatif, -ive (13th c.), or ad. L. nōminātīv-us (casus): see nominate v. and -ive.]
A. adj.
1. Gram.
a. nominative case, that case of nouns, adjectives, and pronouns, which stands as, or is connected with, the subject of a verb.
1387Trevisa Higden (Rolls) I. 327 Þat ylond of Ynde hatte Tilis in þe nomenatyf caas; and þe ilond of occean hatte Tyle in þe nominatyf caas. c1440Gesta Rom. xci. 416 (Add. MS.), And so we han the nominatif case. 1481in Flügel Neuengl. Lesebuch (1895) 297 Sum tymys they be verbys parsonallys and haue nominatiffe casys before them. 1520Whitinton Vulg. (1527) 1 The verbe shall accorde with his nominative..case. 1588Fraunce Lawiers Log. ii. i. 86 The nominative case and the verbe be placed grammatically, according to the prescription of Syntaxis. 1668Wilkins Real Char. iii. ix. 355 The Nominative Case before the Verb, and the Accusative after. 1751Harris Hermes (1841) 168 Hence the reason why every verb..has in language a necessary reference to some noun for its nominative case. 1817Selwyn Law Nisi Prius (ed. 4) II. 835 Doubts had been entertained whether the words other person in this statute should be taken to be in the nominative or in the genitive case. 1886T. Le M. Douse Introd. Gothic 209 Its inflectional characteristic is the Nominative case.
b. Of the nature of, characteristic of, pertaining to, the (or a) nominative case.
1824L. Murray Eng. Gram. (ed. 5) I. 219 These sentences, or clauses, thus constituting the subject of an affirmation, may be termed nominative sentences. 1872Morris Hist. Eng. Accid. 101 The nominative ending s..is connected with the demonstrative pronouns.
2. Nominated; appointed by nomination.
1660Trial Regic. 124 The case is instant in Philip who was a nominative King. 1735Col. Rec. Pennsylv. IV. 45 Even so this Nominative Court may pass with the learned as Justifiable. 1883W. E. Baxter Winter in India ii. 21 The municipality of Bombay is partly elective and partly nominative. 1892Daily News 6 Aug. 4/8 The Second Chamber was still nominative in parts where it should have been elective.
3. Appellative, denominative. rare—1.
1844Tupper Heart xi. 115 Their latest noms de guerre will serve all nominative purposes as well as any other.
4. Bearing the name of a person.
1872Daily News 30 Sept., A nominative personal invitation from M. Vogeli to meet M. Gambetta. 1879Standard 10 June, The Shares are nominative, but they can be converted into Share Warrants ‘to Bearer’.
B. n.
1. The nominative case.
c1620A. Hume Brit. Tongue (1865) 29 The nominative hath no other noat but the particle of determination. 1751Harris Hermes (1786) ii. iv. 281 The Nominative is that Case, without which there can be no regular and perfect Sentence. 1768Holdsworth Virg. 161 This is certainly used in the nominative plural. 1841Latham Eng. Lang. 216 The Nominative Plural and the Genitive Singular are, in the present language of England, identical. 1872Morris Hist. Eng. Accid. 101 The nominative and accusative have no formative particles to distinguish them.
2. a. A word in the nominative case; a form which is the nominative case of a word.
1668Wilkins Real Char. 448 Some words requiring a Nominative, others a Dative, others an Accusative. 1699Bentley Phal. 320 To put Nominatives instead of Oblique Cases. 1751Harris Hermes (1841) 193 Hence..arises the grammatical regimen of the verb by its nominative, and of the accusative by its verb. 1797Encycl. Brit. (ed. 3) VIII. 51 note, The preposition in this case..governs a nominative and a verb. 1889Proc. Philol. Soc. 322 Brugmann explains the Nominatives ager, ācer as standing for *agros, *ācris.
b. A subject (to a verb).
1824L. Murray Eng. Gram. (ed. 5) I. 225 That a sentence, or part of a sentence, may be the nominative to a verb, is undoubtedly true.
3. nominative absolute.
1843Proc. Philol. Soc. 153 Other idioms..have the indeterminate pronoun preceded by a nominative absolute. 1858C. P. Mason Eng. Gram. 97 This adverbial relation may be sustained... By a substantive (accompanied by some attributive adjunct) in the nominative absolute; as ‘The sun having risen, we commenced our journey’. 1916E. A. Sonnenschein New Eng. Gram. iii. 44 The nominative absolute construction is an equivalent of an adverb-clause: We sitting, as I said, the cock crew loud. 1949Bailey & Horn Eng. Handbk. vii. 266 Begin some sentences with a nominative absolute... Dr. Carver having proved his point, sweet potatoes and peanuts were planted in abundance. 1963Pence & Emery Gram. Present-Day Eng. ii. 62 The nominative absolute is a perfectly proper construction as far as grammar is concerned... Although a nominative absolute has no grammatical function in the statement in which it appears, it should have a logical function. 1972Hartmann & Stork Dict. Lang. & Linguistics 152/2 Nominative absolute, absolute construction.
Hence ˈnominatively adv., ‘in the manner of the nominative’ (Webster 1847). |