GENITIVE

genitive. Genitive, a. the second case of nouns

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Gen″i‐tive (?), a. [[L. genitivus, fr. gignere, genitum, to beget: cf. F. génitif. See Gender.]] (Gram.) Of or pertaining to that case (as the second case of Latin and Greek nouns) which expresses source or possession. It corresponds to the possessive case in English.