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語源

From Late 中期英語 [Term?], borrowed from Middle French vocatif, from Latin vocātīvus (“for calling”); a calque of Ancient Greek κλητῐκή (klētĭkḗ, “for calling; vocative case”) – from vocāre (“to call”), from Proto-Indo-European *wokʷ-, o-grade of *wekʷ- (“give vocal utterance, speak”). See Latin vōx.

発音

• (General American) enPR: väk'ətĭv, vōk'ətĭv, IPA: /ˈvɑkətɪv/, /ˈvoʊkətɪv/
• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: vŏk'ətĭv, IPA: /ˈvɒkətɪv/
• (Dublin) IPA: /ˈvakətɪv/

形容詞

vocative (comparative more vocative, superlative most vocative)

1. Of or pertaining to calling; used in calling or vocation.
2. (grammar) Used in address; appellative; said of the case or form of the noun, pronoun, or adjective by which a person or thing is addressed.

   In English, the vocative may be indicated by an addressee–address separation comma, or by the particle O, as in "What is the matter, sir?", "Mother, listen!", or "O Lord".

関連する語

• vocal

名詞

vocative (plural vocatives)

1. (grammar) The vocative case
2. (grammar) A word in the vocative case
3. (grammar) A vocative expression
4. (rare) Something said to (or as though to) a particular person or thing; an entreaty, an invocation.
   • 1748, [Samuel Richardson], “Letter L”, in Clarissa. Or, The History of a Young Lady: […], volume (please specify |volume=I to VII), London: […] S[amuel] Richardson;  […], →OCLC:

     [T]he two latter will hardly come neither, if they think it will be to hear your whining vocatives.

参考

• interjection
• Fiction essentials: vocative expressions, Black Cat Editorial Services

参照

• “vocative”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “vocative”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.