| 单词 | vocative |
| 例句 | Notice the abrupt change from third person "he" to vocative "thou" in the middle of verse four, the point at which the speaker is most in need of comfort. Poem of the week: Psalm 23 2011-02-07T10:26:09Z I get pedantic about the placement of the vocative comma in “God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen.” Comma Queen: A Grammarian’s Xmas 2018-12-18T05:00:00Z And I like Mitch most when he returns fire, peppering Matt, who is young and pretty, with a barrage of snarky vocatives. Can “Baywatch” Fill the Trunks of the Original? 2017-05-25T04:00:00Z His first vocative expressed all, but he was a politician and used to elaborating his mental processes for the benefit of befuddled intellects. Mrs. Balfame A Novel 2012-04-15T02:00:04.827Z Lord Vanity, not feeling himself included in the last vocative, took a pinch of Rappee and gazed very fiercely at my Lady Bunbutter through the rheum and water of his ancient eyes. The Passionate Elopement 2011-12-02T03:00:19.930Z Now, Ma!" broke in Sophia, accompanying this vocative with a tart gesture of remonstrance, "Claire doesn't know a bit better than you or I do whether he was high-toned or not. An Ambitious Woman A Novel 2011-11-23T03:00:54.137Z The primitive Indo-European noun possessed at least eight cases—nominative, accusative, vocative, instrumental, dative, genitive, ablative and locative. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 3 "Gordon, Lord George" to "Grasses" 2011-11-13T03:00:13.177Z The use of the vocative, and of the pronoun thou is certainly calculated to mislead, and the appearance of inconsistency is hardly avoidable. Creed And Deed A Series of Discourses 2011-10-12T02:00:40.147Z Her final vocative was expressed in an angry gurgle. Mrs. Balfame A Novel 2012-04-15T02:00:04.827Z The fragmentary little vocative conveyed a volume of patrician dismay. The Adventures of a Widow A Novel 2011-08-25T02:00:27.403Z Archbishop Whately once declared that there was only one noun in English which had a real vocative case. Our Cats and All About Them Their Varieties, Habits, and Management; and for Show, the Standard of Excellence and Beauty; Described and Pictured 2011-03-03T03:00:48.597Z The imperative was represented by the bare stem, like the vocative, the accent being drawn back to the first syllable, though other modes of denoting it soon came into vogue. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 3 "Gordon, Lord George" to "Grasses" 2011-11-13T03:00:13.177Z Ministers, who constitute the third item of the diplomaed triad, are not free from the universal mania, and as writing sermons is not coining money, the plantations are like the vocative in Latin pronouns. The South-West By a Yankee. In Two Volumes. Volume 2 2011-02-05T03:00:13.817Z One heard him late at night drumming it over and over: Nominative—dative—instrumental—vocative! Yiddish Tales Maurice had a stock of sweet vocatives which she would have been too proud to imitate. Carnival This is undoubtedly the vocative case of the Lat. The Lay of Havelok the Dane I don’t care; I take a different view of the vocative. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 24 (of 25) Most grammars add a sixth case, the vocative. Anglo-Saxon Grammar and Exercise Book with Inflections, Syntax, Selections for Reading, and Glossary They leave one cold despite their erotic vehemence; the abuse of the vocative is not persuasive, their raptures are largely rhetorical. Ivory Apes and Peacocks The two vocatives scatter the effect of this inimitable 215 close. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 25 (of 25) But this single circumstance is sufficient to overthrow this view:—that in the preceding, as well as in the subsequent context, Adonai Jehovah is always used in the vocative sense. Christology of the Old Testament: And a Commentary on the Messianic Predictions, Vol. 1 O! of one exclaiming, is joined to a nominative, accusative, and vocative case, as O lex! The Comic Latin Grammar A new and facetious introduction to the Latin tongue But it seems best to consider the vocative as only a function of the nominative form. Anglo-Saxon Grammar and Exercise Book with Inflections, Syntax, Selections for Reading, and Glossary The popular necessity has resulted in the vulgar vocative use of Lady, but the same use of Gentleman has not even a vulgar success, though it is not unknown. Imaginary Interviews Whence the original noun substantive by change of its termination suggests a secondary idea either corresponding with the genitive, dative, accusative, vocative, or ablative cases, besides the secondary ideas of number and gender above mentioned. The Temple of Nature; or, the Origin of Society A Poem, with Philosophical Notes The vocative is preceded by a, which signifies O, or by a personal pronoun. A Handbook of the Cornish Language chiefly in its latest stages with some account of its history and literature This speech is usually the prelude to something which elicits that exemplification of the vocative case which has been given in the first part of the Grammar. The Comic Latin Grammar A new and facetious introduction to the Latin tongue By mid-evening of the first session it became apparent that the Swedes, the Dutch, the British, and the Americans had sent some of their most persuasive, vocative, and determined countrymen to represent them. Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 44th Annual Meeting Rochester, N.Y. August 31 and September 1, 1953 You may say, with your hand on the bell-strap, "Step lively, lady," but you cannot say, "Step lively, gentleman," and the fine old vocative "Sir" is quite obsolete. Imaginary Interviews But maybe I’ll give you those verbal jewels of great price on your next visitation, oh thou in the vocative—some Latin scholar, eh? The Job An American Novel Dominie is the Latin vocative domine, formerly used by schoolboys in addressing their master, while pandy, a stroke on the hand with a cane, is from pande palmam, hold out your hand. The Romance of Words (4th ed.) That all nouns of the vocative case are of the second person. The Comic Latin Grammar A new and facetious introduction to the Latin tongue The Folios cannot be made chargeable with this error, for the comma does not regularly follow vocatives in these editions where we expect it. The Comedy of Errors The Works of William Shakespeare [Cambridge Edition] [9 vols.] The only difference between the felon and the jury, he alleged, existed in the fact that the jury was in the majority and the felon in the vocative. Captain Canot or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver ‘Sister’ has somewhat resumed its position, but ‘Daughter’ and ‘Niece,’ in the vocative, are never heard amongst us now. Clare Avery A Story of the Spanish Armada Rhoda was not pleased by Molly’s last vocative, which she took as an uncomplimentary allusion to the faint shade of red in her hair,—a subject on which she was peculiarly sensitive. The Maidens' Lodge None of Self and All of Thee, (In the Reign of Queen Anne) They are thus ticketed—nominative, genitive, dative, accusative, vocative, and ablative. The Comic Latin Grammar A new and facetious introduction to the Latin tongue Usually, however, the vocative is formed without any particle; e.g., Diego Collado's Grammar of the Japanese Language Whether a comma or a mark of exclamation ought to be used after the vocative case, depends entirely on the degree of emphasis with which the words would be spoken. "Stops", Or How to Punctuate A Practical Handbook for Writers and Students O used as a vocative or to express a desire or imprecation does not call for an exclamation. Punctuation A Primer of Information about the Marks of Punctuation and their Use Both Grammatically and Typographically So the imperative of the verb is often used, and in that case, the deity is in the vocative case. The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria The vocative case is known by calling, or speaking to; as, O magister—O master; an exclamation which is frequently the consequence of shirking out, making false concords or quantities, obstreperous conduct in school, &c. The Comic Latin Grammar A new and facetious introduction to the Latin tongue "Not much I did not," Simeon Buck continued composedly, and, ignoring the interruptions, let his own vocative stand. Christmas A Story The former is used only before the vocative case, and never has a mark of exclamation, or indeed any point, placed immediately after it. "Stops", Or How to Punctuate A Practical Handbook for Writers and Students The Mayas had legions of gods; “ku,” says their historian,47-2 “does not signify any particular god; yet their prayers are sometimes addressed to kue,” which is the same word in the vocative case. The Myths of the New World A Treatise on the Symbolism and Mythology of the Red Race of America If one were tired of the streets and went to walk in Agrippa's park, he ran into men quarrelling over a vocative. Roads from Rome The vocative alone often takes a final a as in the interrogative form. The Mafulu Mountain People of British New Guinea Oh-h-h!" said Miss Leare, prolonging her breath upon the vocative.—"You see," she added, turning to me, "I am so unprepared by previous training that I shall never become au fait in French proprieties. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. XVI., December, 1880. Then he settled down to the first Latin declension—Musa, a muse; vocative, Musa, O muse!; genitive, Musae, of a muse. The Ship of Stars The vocative, 'O foremost of regenerate ones' applies to Jamadagni's son. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 Books 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18 The 2nd Volksraad to be elected by Uitlanders and burghers, and to be vested with all such reasonable legislative powers as will cover the domestic, industrial, and vocative interests of both burghers and guests. Origin of the Anglo-Boer War Revealed (2nd ed.) The Conspiracy of the 19th Century Unmasked They expected to drive him to the wall, but they will fail to do this, and failing to do this they will be left in the vocative. Ireland Under Coercion (2nd ed.) (2 of 2) (1888) The Singular has seven cases; the Plural only six, the vocative having always the form of the nominative. Historical View of the Languages and Literature of the Slavic Nations But "Your Royal Highness" is not a vocative: it can be used only in the third person. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 12, No. 30, September, 1873 The letter "E" placed in front of them is used by the Maoris to denote the vocative, and Rutherford has evidently taken it as part of the word. John Rutherford, the White Chief "Madame, I have forgotten it; all that I remember is that Latin has no article, that it has a vocative, and that the head belongs to the neuter gender." The Forty-Five Guardsmen A man hardly feels sure of his manhood till the magic word father is put in the vocative case and applied to him direct, and the apotheosis of woman comes with maternity. The Evolution of Dodd Of the seven Slavic cases, only the nominative and vocative remain to it; all the rest being supplied by means of prepositions. Historical View of the Languages and Literature of the Slavic Nations Associated word: vocative. address, v. accost, speak to; direct, superscribe. adept, n. Putnam's Word Book The letter "E" placed in front of them is used by the Maoris to denote the vocative, and Rutherford has evidently taken it as part of the word. John Rutherford, the White Chief This word literally means "brother-in-law," but it is the vocative used by the Cree in speaking to anybody he feels kindly toward. The New North The subjective relation of the first sentence has become a vocative one, one of address, and the activity is conceived in terms of command, not of statement. Language An Introduction to the Study of Speech But, according to the list of interjections, or OBS. 2d under it, the interjection of wishing, earnestness, or vocative address, is O, and not oh. The Grammar of English Grammars The two vocatives scatter the effect of this inimitable close. Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson — Volume 2 Mr. Smith explains that "Ai" in Rutherford's spelling represents "E," a vocative, in the accepted method of spelling, and "my" represents "mai." John Rutherford, the White Chief I don't care; I take a different view of the vocative. Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson — Volume 1 She was smiling up at him, and once more she used that wantonly inaccurate vocative: "Little boy!" The Flirt The interjection of wishing, earnestness, or vocative address, is O. Sooner is an adverb of time, of the comparative degree; compared, soon, sooner, soonest. The Grammar of English Grammars You will see by it how much his vile hint from the Georgic; and his rude one of my whining vocatives, have set me up. Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 2 The alternative is to take it as a vocative referring to Sleep. Post-Augustan Poetry From Seneca to Juvenal Other matrons, vocative, surrounded the circle, momentarily cutting off his view. The Nest Builder "No, sire:" Scudamore scarcely knew what to call him, but adopted this vocative for want of any better. Springhaven : a Tale of the Great War "The identity of form between the nominative, accusative, and vocative cases in the neuter." Higher Lessons in English A work on English grammar and composition Your mother will not be permitted to be disturbed with your nothing-meaning vocatives!—Vocatives, once more, Madam Clary, repeats the pedant your brother! Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 2 On these he rings what changes he may, by putting the verb before its nominative or vocative case. Lives of the English Poets From Johnson to Kirke White, Designed as a Continuation of Johnson's Lives The English-speaking races neglect the vocative particle, and I never heard it except in the Southern States of the AngloAmerican Union=Oh, Mr. Smith. The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 11 [Supplement] And the cause of the mutation is that the nominative accusative and vocative seem to have a certain relation to one another. Complete Works of Plutarch — Volume 3: Essays and Miscellanies The California classical vocative, "O," always meant business. Drift from Two Shores It will be observed that the prefix Hil marks the vocative case. The Coming Race YOU, dear Mr. MacQuern—does one call you 'Mr.'? 'The' would sound so odd in the vocative. Zuleika Dobson, or, an Oxford love story Another hinted a reading very sophisticated in my opinion— Put out the light, and then put out THEE, light, making light to be the vocative case. A journey from this world to the next — Volume 2 In fact, as they have no titles of honour, the vocative adjuration supplies the place of a title, and is given impartially to all. The Coming Race |
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