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单词 dative
例句 dative
“We were going to use a dative or an accusative here but he suggested locative?” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z
“No, they are. Look at the next sentence. We need a dative.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z
Prepositional dative: Jocasta handed the infant to her servant. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z
My teacher was a stickler who was worried about the decline of the dative case, and who discouraged me from using expressions I picked up on the street. Stories of Then That Still Hold Up Now 2020-09-11T04:00:00Z
It could never tell you if a pronoun took the dative or the accusative case. The Great A.I. Awakening 2016-12-14T05:00:00Z
Similarly, names unable to accommodate the endings required by the nominative, accusative, genitive and dative cases used in Icelandic are also routinely turned down. Icelandic girls can't be called Harriet, government tells family 2014-06-26T04:00:00Z
The earliest form of construction was ½were better¸ with a dative; as, ½Him were better go beside.¸ Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z
Eth′icist, one versed in ethics.—Ethical dative, the dative of a first or second personal pronoun implying an indirect interest in the fact stated, used colloquially to give a livelier tone to the sentence. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) 2012-01-11T03:00:23.770Z
The instrumental, locative and dative are mixed in one case, partly for phonetic, partly for syntactical reasons. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" 2011-11-28T03:00:19.517Z
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 inscription on the upper and lower edges contains a list of names of men in the dative case, with their cities added. A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, Volume I (of 2) 2011-09-30T02:00:18.107Z
He is either nominative or dative, the latter appointed by the court and corresponding in most respects to the English administrator. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 1 "Evangelical Church Conference" to "Fairbairn, Sir William" 2011-07-16T02:00:16.387Z
In Scotland an executor appointed by will is styled executor nominate, and by authority of the court executor dative. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 3: Estremoz to Felspar 2011-04-14T02:00:59.373Z
They also make the dative plural of the third declension in -εσσι, and the perfect participle active is declined like a present participle in -ων. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" 2011-11-28T03:00:19.517Z
Various cases, such as the locative, the dative or the instrumental, are employed in Vedic Sanskrit in the sense of the infinitive, besides the bare stem or neuter formed by the suffixes man and van. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 3 "Gordon, Lord George" to "Grasses" 2011-11-13T03:00:13.177Z
In German Louvain is L�wen, which also means lion; that is, it is the dative case of the name of the lion. Makers of Modern Medicine 2011-03-05T03:00:29.580Z
Several old genitives and plural forms continued to exist, and the dative or prepositional case has usually a final e. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" 2011-02-19T03:00:59.807Z
For this, we only require to render the dative ל, as it frequently is rendered in Hebrew, as well as Greek and Latin, to denote possession; and the verse will run thus. An Amicable Controversy with a Jewish Rabbi, on The Messiah's Coming
Page 16, line 34. aqu�.—This curious use of the dative occurs also on p. On the magnet, magnetick bodies also, and on the great magnet the earth a new physiology, demonstrated by many arguments & experiments
We cannot speak of declensions, since English has no genders except in the pronouns of the third person, and no cases except the genitive and a few faint traces of an old dative. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 3 "Gordon, Lord George" to "Grasses" 2011-11-13T03:00:13.177Z
One heard him late at night drumming it over and over: Nominative—dative—instrumental—vocative! Yiddish Tales
In certain cases the north prefers the vocalic mutation where the west and south have the nasal, thus notably in the dative singular after preposition and article, e.g. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt"
The datives and accusatives haunted my dreams by night, and by day I was reduced to the sign language. Confessions of an Opera Singer
We know that the more remote object may be put in the dative, and that the predicate, in its most general form, may be rendered by the genitive. Lectures on The Science of Language
The nature of the dative is left undecided. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 3 "Gordon, Lord George" to "Grasses" 2011-11-13T03:00:13.177Z
Shame, l. 88, is dative, and would prove nothing, but shame in Orrmin is conclusive. The Lay of Havelok the Dane
Ct = Charters, wills and other like documents, as contained in BC, CC, EC, KC and TC. d. = dative.   dp. = dat. pl.   ds. = dat. singular; etc. A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary For the Use of Students
The dative and instrumental are alike in all nouns. Anglo-Saxon Grammar and Exercise Book with Inflections, Syntax, Selections for Reading, and Glossary
In Sanskrit every substantive has its locative, as well as its genitive, dative, and accusative. Lectures on The Science of Language
The dative H�bschmann regards as “the case of the participant object.” Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 3 "Gordon, Lord George" to "Grasses" 2011-11-13T03:00:13.177Z
As for the Public, well, of all the moods They clearly love the dative; And, so the brood be good, won't greatly bother As to who's mother! Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 98, January 25th, 1890
After a while the boy came and said that he had learned the Latin Grammar as far as the dative of the relative. A History of Giggleswick School From its Foundation, 1499 to 1912
Of the other cases, the dative and accusative occur most frequently with prepositions. Anglo-Saxon Grammar and Exercise Book with Inflections, Syntax, Selections for Reading, and Glossary
The people with whom language grew up knew nothing of datives and accusatives. Lectures on The Science of Language
The Latin infinitive in -re for -se has the same origin, amare, for instance, being the dative of an old stem amas. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 3 "Gordon, Lord George" to "Grasses" 2011-11-13T03:00:13.177Z
Except, likewise, those genitive and dative cases of the fifth declension where the vowel e, like Punch’s nose, is made long between two i’s, as faciēi, of a face. The Comic Latin Grammar A new and facetious introduction to the Latin tongue
On being asked why the dative of the relative had been his limit, he explained that his teacher had not been able to pronounce it and so he could go no further. A History of Giggleswick School From its Foundation, 1499 to 1912
Gerund is simply the dative case of the Infinitive after tō. Anglo-Saxon Grammar and Exercise Book with Inflections, Syntax, Selections for Reading, and Glossary
“I am staying at Salamis,” must be expressed by the dative Salamînĭ. Lectures on The Science of Language
In Greek the neuter stem and the dative case were alone retained for the purpose. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 3 "Gordon, Lord George" to "Grasses" 2011-11-13T03:00:13.177Z
Impersonal verbs which are put acquisitively, require a dative case; but those which are put transitively an accusative, as— 130 A ministris nobis benefit: We enjoy blessings from Ministers. The Comic Latin Grammar A new and facetious introduction to the Latin tongue
Thus, in forming the nominative and dative plural of many nouns, the syllables an and ibh are added to the singular, which letters fully express the true sound of these terminations. Elements of Gaelic Grammar
Note, where the personal element is strong, the use of the dative instead of the more colorless possessive; him of healse, not of his healse. Anglo-Saxon Grammar and Exercise Book with Inflections, Syntax, Selections for Reading, and Glossary
The termination of the Greek dative in i, was originally the termination of the locative. Lectures on The Science of Language
In our own language once, twice, needs, are all genitives; seldom is a dative. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 3 "Gordon, Lord George" to "Grasses" 2011-11-13T03:00:13.177Z
All verbs govern a dative case of that thing to or for which any thing is gotten or taken away, as Diminuam tibi caput: I will break your head. The Comic Latin Grammar A new and facetious introduction to the Latin tongue
The same happens to the initial a of the dative singular. Elements of Gaelic Grammar
But substantival datives and accusatives, as in Modern English, follow the predicate. Anglo-Saxon Grammar and Exercise Book with Inflections, Syntax, Selections for Reading, and Glossary
The locative may well convey the meaning of the dative, but the faded features of the dative can never express the fresh distinctness of the locative. Lectures on The Science of Language
It is the sign of the dative case plural. A Handbook of the English Language
Some verbs of receiving, of being distant, and of taking away, are sometimes joined to a dative case, as Augustus eripuit mihi nitorem: Augustus has taken the shine out of me. The Comic Latin Grammar A new and facetious introduction to the Latin tongue
The dative plural is formed either from the nominative singular or from the nominative plural. Elements of Gaelic Grammar
These umlaut datives are all due to the presence of a former i. Anglo-Saxon Grammar and Exercise Book with Inflections, Syntax, Selections for Reading, and Glossary
This construction is what is known as the "ethical dative." Selections from the Poems and Plays of Robert Browning
The combination to smiths is the substantive smiths + the preposition to, equivalent in power to the sign of a dative case, but different from it in form. A Handbook of the English Language
The dative case is known by the signs to or for, and answers to the question, to whom, or to or for what; as, To whom do I hold out my hands? The Comic Latin Grammar A new and facetious introduction to the Latin tongue
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 preposition wið, meaning toward, may be followed by the genitive, dative, or accusative; but meaning against, and implying motion or hostility, the accusative is more common. Anglo-Saxon Grammar and Exercise Book with Inflections, Syntax, Selections for Reading, and Glossary
By the verb bos, to be, with the thing possessed as subject and the possessor in the dative form, i.e. preceded by dhô, to; cf. est mihi in Latin. A Handbook of the Cornish Language chiefly in its latest stages with some account of its history and literature
Case.—Of these the Saxons had, for their substantives, at least three; viz., the nominative, dative, genitive. A Handbook of the English Language
They are thus ticketed—nominative, genitive, dative, accusative, vocative, and ablative. The Comic Latin Grammar A new and facetious introduction to the Latin tongue
Suppose we wish to memorise the 11 prepositions which form part of certain Latin verbs which are followed by the dative, to wit:—Ad., Assimilative Memory or, How to Attend and Never Forget
T. Well, it may; but would Cicero use the dative after it? what is the more common practice with words of motion? The Idea of a University Defined and Illustrated: In Nine Discourses Delivered to the Catholics of Dublin
But Barnum and Haslam may also represent the Anglo-Saxon dative plural of the words barn and hazel. The Romance of Names
In other words, why do we call him and them accusatives rather than datives or genitives? A Handbook of the English Language
Nonce occurs properly only in the phrase for the nonce, which is for earlier for then ones, where then is the dative of the definite article. The Romance of Words (4th ed.)
No," she said to the girl who was reciting, "no, it takes the dative. A Reversion To Type
Those in -em, -en generally retain the e in the dative plural. A Middle High German Primer Third Edition
In Gracedieu, thanks to God, the second element is an Old French dative. The Romance of Names
Suppose that in the English language there were ten thousand dative cases and as many accusatives. A Handbook of the English Language
When the to ceased in the twelfth century to be a distinctive mark of the dative infinitive or gerund, for was introduced to make the writer's intention clear. The Verbalist A Manual Devoted to Brief Discussions of the Right and the Wrong Use of Words and to Some Other Matters of Interest to Those Who Would Speak and Write with Propriety.
Paul, who had been wool-gathering, went back to nominative, dative, and ablative. Despair's Last Journey
Masculine names of persons take -es in the genitive, -e in the dative, and -en in the accusative after the analogy of the strong adjectives. A Middle High German Primer Third Edition
The name Cotton is sometimes from the dative plural of the same word, though, when of French origin, it represents Colon, dim. of Cot, aphetic for Jacot. The Romance of Names
Suppose, also, that all the dative cases ended in -m, and all the accusatives in some other letter. A Handbook of the English Language
The former mode is the more simple, κελεύω being sometimes found with the dative, and agrees better with what follows. The First Four Books of Xenophon's Anabasis
There are a few forms of nouns for the dative and oblative, but these cases are frequently shown by modifications of the verb; as, I carried to him, he carried from me. The Gundungurra Language
The accusative ending -en was sometimes extended to the 46 dative, and the dative ending -e to the accusative. A Middle High German Primer Third Edition
“Write ye, as it liketh you,” where the you is a dative. A Brief History of the English Language and Literature, Vol. 2
In this case the meaning being accusatives, and the form dative, we should doubt which test to take. A Handbook of the English Language
This is the dative singular with the definite article. Usury A Scriptural, Ethical and Economic View
Two particles form the dative; i.e., ni and ie. Diego Collado's Grammar of the Japanese Language
Feminine names of persons ending in a consonant take -e in the genitive, dative and accusative, but occasionally remain uninflected throughout. A Middle High German Primer Third Edition
Again, in Ezek. xxx. 2, we find “Howl ye, Woe worth the day!” where the imperative worth governs day in the dative case. A Brief History of the English Language and Literature, Vol. 2
When used as a dative, it was neuter as well as masculine. A Handbook of the English Language
This confusion between ye and you did not exist in old English; ye was always used as a nominative, and you as a dative or accusative. Milton's Comus
The guenzan governs the dative just as does the verb ai,�. Diego Collado's Grammar of the Japanese Language
Case.—The cases are the nominative, nominative-agent, genitive, accusative, instrumental dative and ablative. The Wiradyuri and Other Languages of New South Wales
Quhat can you doe to a stone; stone is the dative case. Of the Orthographie and Congruitie of the Britan Tongue A Treates, noe shorter than necessarie, for the Schooles
The same was the case with— Hers.—The r is no part of the original word, but the sign of the dative case. A Handbook of the English Language
It might have surprised that very careless young gentleman, when he looked up from his verbs which govern the dative, and caught Taffy's eye, could he have seen himself in his halo there. The Ship of Stars
But this seems much more a dative than an ablative. Diego Collado's Grammar of the Japanese Language
In this case, and also in the dative, the final g of both words is omitted before applying the suffix. The Wiradyuri and Other Languages of New South Wales
It is here a dative after the preposition to. English Dialects From the Eighth Century to the Present Day
The adverb where, a feminine dative, like there. A Handbook of the English Language
Almost the last thing their father, an accurate man, said to them as he lay dying, had to do with a misplaced dative. Christopher and Columbus
It also governs the dative for the person; e.g., sono tame ni va cane ga iranu 'he does not need any gold, or money.' Diego Collado's Grammar of the Japanese Language
Case.—The language has the nominative, nominative-agent, genitive, accusative, instrumental, dative and ablative cases. The Wiradyuri and Other Languages of New South Wales
As for the Dual, a form which the Slavic languages do not all possess, the nominative and accusative, the genitive and local; the dative and instrumental cases, are always alike. Historical View of the Languages and Literature of the Slavic Nations
In Anglo-Saxon the dative of the infinitive verb ended in -nne, and was preceded by the preposition to. A Handbook of the English Language
In pronouns, this dative use, as it is called, was marked by a separate case. An English Grammar
As an imprint, it takes the dative case. Notes and Queries, Number 19, March 9, 1850
Case.—The principal cases are the nominative, causative, instrumental, genitive, accusative, dative and ablative. The Wiradyuri and Other Languages of New South Wales
I'd want him to explain, too, what the binomial theorem has to do with complete living, and also the dative of reference. Reveries of a Schoolmaster
They exhibit the phenomena of a nominative case having grown not only out of a dative but out of a dative plus its governing preposition. A Handbook of the English Language
The phonetic form of the case syllables became still further reduced and the distinction between the accusative and the dative finally disappeared. Language An Introduction to the Study of Speech
This is a faulty relic of our old Saxon dative case. The Grammar of English Grammars
This is found in Sanskrit as a separate case, but in Greek it was merged into the dative, and in Latin into the ablative. The Gutenberg Webster's Unabridged Dictionary Section I, J, K, and L
Such datives are very frequent, and scarcely need illustration. An Introduction to the Study of Robert Browning's Poetry
Of case.—In our own language the words my and thy although at present possessives, were previously datives, and, earlier still, accusatives. A Handbook of the English Language
The dative singular fet, however, though justified historically, was soon felt to be an intrusive feature. Language An Introduction to the Study of Speech
And yet his case after to or for is not "dative," but "accusative!" The Grammar of English Grammars
The genitive case denotes dependence; the dative, transmission. Specimens of the Table Talk of Samuel Taylor Coleridge
The use of the dative, or indirect object, without "to" or "for". An Introduction to the Study of Robert Browning's Poetry
They may be genitives or possessives, which were originally datives or accusatives; in which case they are deduced from the Anglo-Saxon mec and �ec. b. A Handbook of the English Language
But this very fact made the genitive and dative o-forms of the plural seem out of place. Language An Introduction to the Study of Speech
"To these may be added verbs, which chiefly among the poets govern the dative." The Grammar of English Grammars
Book, naming the thing acted upon, they call the direct object; and me, naming the person toward whom the act is directed, they call the +indirect+, or dative, +object+. Higher Lessons in English A work on English grammar and composition
The locative case denotes the relation usually expressed in English by the use of a preposition, or by the genitive, dative and ablative in Latin. History of the Ottawa and Chippewa Indians of Michigan A Grammar of Their Language, and Personal and Family History of the Author
The sense of the word is abverbial; its form, however, is that of a dative case. A Handbook of the English Language
The nominative and accusative fet was naturally far more frequently in use than were the corresponding forms of the genitive and dative. Language An Introduction to the Study of Speech
Here, the person persuaded is expressed in the dative case, and cannot, therefore, be the nominative to the passive verb. The Grammar of English Grammars
The +indirect,+ or dative, +object+ is sometimes made the +subject+ of a verb in the passive voice, while the object complement is retained after the verb. Higher Lessons in English A work on English grammar and composition
"And the dative case," continued Butler "I ken what a tutor dative is," said Saddletree, "readily enough." The Heart of Mid-Lothian, Volume 1
It is very evident that, whatever might be the meaning of the words him and them their form would be dative. A Handbook of the English Language
There are four cases--nominative, accusative, dative, genitive. Icelandic Primer with Grammar, Notes and Glossary
Thus, the dative form cited by Pater means, "with regard to nature." Plato and Platonism
In the sentence above, I scent the morning air is the subject, thinks is the predicate, and me is a "dative," or a pronoun used adverbially. Higher Lessons in English A work on English grammar and composition
"The dative case," resumed the grammarian, "is that in which anything is given or assigned as properly belonging to a person or thing—You cannot deny that, I am sure." The Heart of Mid-Lothian, Volume 1
At present they are dative forms with an accusative meaning. A Handbook of the English Language
The dative "la-hum," generally employed with verbs of prayer, seems to favour this interpretation. The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 15
Of course it ain't grammatical—the inventor of the language can't talk grammatical; if the dative didn't fetch him the accusative would; but it's German all the same, and don't you forget it! The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg and Other Stories
A gerund in Anglo-Saxon is a simple form of the verb in the active voice—the dative case of the infinitive merely—used mainly to indicate purpose, and always preceded by the preposition to. Higher Lessons in English A work on English grammar and composition
"Then, what the deevil d'ye take the nominative and the dative cases to be?" said Butler, hastily, and surprised at once out of his decency of expression and accuracy of pronunciation. The Heart of Mid-Lothian, Volume 1
Still, as the word give takes after it a dative case, we have, even now, in the sentence, give it him, give it them, remnants of the old dative sense. A Handbook of the English Language
Where in the original the Greek word "cave" is in the genitive case, not as it should be, dative. Complete Works of Plutarch — Volume 3: Essays and Miscellanies
An affix, by which the dative case is formed: e.g. Romano Lavo-Lil: word book of the Romany; or, English Gypsy language
When the dative ending ne was dropped, making the three forms alike, the to came to be used before the nominative and the accusative, but without expressing relation. Higher Lessons in English A work on English grammar and composition
The genitive case with them is also obsolete; the dative supplies its place: they say the House 'to' a Man, instead of the House 'of' a Man. The Coming Race
From the fact that in most languages which have inflections to a sufficient extent, the word meaning like governs a dative case. A Handbook of the English Language
Likewise the genitive has a certain affinity with the dative. Complete Works of Plutarch — Volume 3: Essays and Miscellanies
It has been a period in which a man could not well devote himself entirely to the dative case. Autobiography of Andrew Dickson White — Volume 2
This dative of the infinitive, with to, was used mainly to indicate purpose. Higher Lessons in English A work on English grammar and composition
Presently she looked up and answered, with a rising inflection implying a shade of uncertainty, “The dative case?” A Horse's Tale
The idea of direction towards an object conveyed by the dative case, and by combinations equivalent to it. A Handbook of the English Language
In Anglo-Saxon the absolute case was the dative. A Handbook of the English Language
To what extent have we in English a dative, an accusative, and instrumental case? A Handbook of the English Language
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