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genitive
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Genitive \Gen"i*tive\, a. [L. genitivus, fr. gignere, genitum, to beget: cf. F. g['e]nitif. See Gender.] (Gram.) Of or pertaining to that case (as the second case of Latin and Greek nouns) which expresses source or possession. It corresponds to the possessive case in English. [1913 Webster] .
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Genitive \Gen"i*tive\, n. (Gram.) The genitive case. [1913 Webster] Genitive absolute, a construction in Greek similar to the ablative absolute in Latin. See Ablative absolute. [1913 Webster]
