genitive基本信息
读法：英 ["dʒenɪtɪv] 美 ["dʒɛnətɪv]
释义：
使用频率：★
星级词汇：★
英英释义
Noun:
"the genitive endings"
中英词源
genitive 属格，所有格
来自词根gen, 生育，词源同generate. 用于语言学术语。
- genitive
- genitive: see general
- genitive (adj.)
- late 14c., in reference to the grammatical case, from Old French genitif or directly from Latin (casus) genitivus "case expressing possession, source, or origin," from genitivus "of or belonging to birth," from genitus (past participle of gignere; see genital); misused by Latin grammarians to render Greek genike (ptosis) "the general or generic (case)," expressing race or kind, genikos also meaning "belonging to the family" (see genus). The noun meaning "the genitive case in grammar" is from 1610s.
The Latin genitivus is a mere blunder, for the Greek word genike could never mean genitivus. Genitivus, if it is meant to express the case of origin or birth, would in Greek have been called gennetike, not genike. Nor does the genitive express the relation of son to father. For though we may say, "the son of the father," we may likewise say, "the father of the son." Genike, in Greek, had a much wider, a much more philosophical meaning. It meant casus generalis, the general case, or rather the case which expresses the genus or kind. This is the real power of the genitive. If I say, "a bird of the water," "of the water" defines the genus to which a certain bird belongs; it refers to the genus of water-birds. [Max Müller, "Lectures on the Science of Language," 1861]
词态变化
权威造句
- 1. The genitive noun is used attributively.
- 属格名词被用作修饰成分.
来自互联网
- 2. Amor matris: subjective and objective genitive.
- 母亲之爱: 主生格与宾生格.
来自互联网WWw.Wentiyi.cOM
近反义词
相似短语
单词分析
暂无,等待补充.
记忆方法
暂无,等待补充.
版权声明：问题易所有作品（图文、音视频）均来源网络，版权归原创作者所有，与本站立场无关，如不慎侵犯了你的权益，请联系我们告知，我们将做删除处理！