ὀνομαστική

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ὀνομᾰστῐκός (onomastikós): as a noun, a substantivisation of its feminine forms in elliptical use for ὀνομᾰστῐκὴ πτῶσις (hē onomastikḕ ptôsis); as an adjective, regularly declined forms.

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ὀνομᾰστῐκή (onomastikḗf (genitive ὀνομᾰστῐκῆς); first declension

  1. (grammar) Ellipsis of πτῶσις ὀνομαστική (ptôsis onomastikḗ, nominative case, literally naming case).

Declension

Descendants

  • Greek: ονομαστική (onomastikí)
  • Latin: nōminātīvus (calque)

Adjective

ὀνομᾰστῐκή (onomastikḗ)

  1. nominative singular feminine of ὀνομᾰστῐκός (onomastikós)
  2. vocative singular feminine of ὀνομᾰστῐκός (onomastikós)

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