genitive
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The species name populi is a Latin singular noun in the genitive case meaning "of the people."
From Science Daily ● Feb. 7, 2026
During the Force Majeure show, Izzard gets to grips with German sentence structure and declensions, earning knowing applause from the Berlin crowd for his perfect use of the fiendishly tricky genitive case at one stage.
From Reuters ● Jan. 29, 2014
The genitive you are mine / is a phrase I cherished only when I'd moved on / and couldn't use it.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 20, 2013
Definiteness can be marked by other th-words such as this, that, these, and those, or with a genitive noun, as in Claire’s knee or Jerry’s kids.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
But that has nothing to do with the antecedent being in the genitive case; it’s just as much of a problem in Sophie and her mother think she’s fat.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
But the two genitives, Patris, majestatis, suggest the accusative Patrem; and already the addition of Spiritum has suggested the inclusion, under Te, of the Three Persons.
From The Prayer Book Explained by Percival Jackson
His, her, etc., in such constructions have their full force as genitives: comp.
From Milton's Comus by William Bell
Several old genitives and plural forms continued to exist, and the dative or prepositional case has usually a final e.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" by Various
In other words, why do we call him and them accusatives rather than datives or genitives?
From A Handbook of the English Language by R. G. (Robert Gordon) Latham
Personal pronouns 84; 242; —— —— as subject, omission of, 166, 2; —— —— as objective genitives, 242, 2. —— endings, 96. persuādeō, with dat.,
From New Latin Grammar by Charles E. (Charles Edwin) Bennett
