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Vocatives meaning

plural of vocative

Using Vocatives

  • The main meaning on this page is: plural of vocative
  • In the example corpus, vocatives often appears in combinations such as: have vocatives.

Context around Vocatives

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 19 words
  • Position in the sentence: 0 start, 2 middle, 1 end
  • Sentence types: 3 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often after:

identical 1×

Sentence patterns with Vocatives

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

eius have vocatives that end 1× ius have vocatives in ie 1× ς have vocatives identical to 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

adjectives that end 1× nouns that end 1× third declension nouns 1×

Common sentence endings:

eximius is eximie 1× in the stem 1× to nominatives cf 1×

Words around Vocatives

Just before it in the word index:

vocative 66 vocations 58 vocationally 2 vocational 508 vocation 184 vocant 2

Just after it in the word index:

voce 13 vocento 2 vocera 6 voces 9 voci 5 vociferous 56

Similar in corpus frequency:

aabc 5 aacr 5 aacsb 5 aadar 5 aadk 5 aadvantage 5

Corpus analysis for Vocatives

  • In this selection, "vocatives" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 19 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, identical stand out and add context to how "vocatives" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include eius have vocatives that end and ius have vocatives in ie. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "vocatives" sits close to words such as aabc, aacr and aacsb, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with vocatives

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Adjectives that end in -ius have vocatives in -ie; thus the vocative of eximius is eximie. (16 words)

Third declension nouns that are mono-syllabic and end in -ς have vocatives identical to nominatives (cf. (17 words)

Nouns that end in -aius and -eius have vocatives that end in -aī or -eī even though the i is consonantal in the stem. (24 words)

Longer example sentences

Nouns that end in -aius and -eius have vocatives that end in -aī or -eī even though the i is consonantal in the stem. (24 words)

Third declension nouns that are mono-syllabic and end in -ς have vocatives identical to nominatives (cf. (17 words)

Adjectives that end in -ius have vocatives in -ie; thus the vocative of eximius is eximie. (16 words)

Example sentences (3)

Adjectives that end in -ius have vocatives in -ie; thus the vocative of eximius is eximie.

Nouns that end in -aius and -eius have vocatives that end in -aī or -eī even though the i is consonantal in the stem.

Third declension nouns that are mono-syllabic and end in -ς have vocatives identical to nominatives (cf.

Common combinations with vocatives

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "vocatives" in a sentence?
An example: "Adjectives that end in -ius have vocatives in -ie; thus the vocative of eximius is eximie." This page contains 3 example sentences with the word "vocatives" from authentic English texts.
What does "vocatives" mean?
Vocatives means: plural of vocative
How many example sentences with "vocatives" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 3 example sentences with "vocatives", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.