genitive

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

But Toni Morrison’s is not an adjective, like red or beautiful; it’s a noun phrase in genitive case.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker

The clumsy examples above show that long and complicated subjects are best left unmarked, whereas simpler ones like pronouns work well in the genitive, as in I appreciate your coming over to help.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker

To take a single instance: it is impossible that the genitives in -οιο and in -ου should both have been in everyday use together.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 6 "Home, Daniel" to "Hortensius, Quintus" by Various

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 Bennett, Charles E. (Charles Edwin)

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 phrases such as “son of the father,” or “father of the son,” the genitives have the same effect.

From Lectures on The Science of Language by Müller, Max

All here are genitives, as well as Cascas.

From Notes and Queries, Number 203, September 17, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Bell, George