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Definition of Datives
1. dative [n] - See also: dative
Lexicographical Neighbors of Datives
Literary usage of Datives
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges by Albert Harkness (1892)
"Two datives—To which and For which. 390. Two datives—the OBJECT то WHICH and ...
The verba which take TWO datives are— 1) Intransitive verbs signifying to ..."
2. A Practical Introduction to Latin Prose Composition by Thomas Kerchever Arnold, Jesse Ames Spencer (1867)
"(Verbs that are often followed by two datives.) (1) With auxilio (assistance).
Come, venire, ven, vent. ..."
3. A Practical Introduction to Latin Prose Composition by Thomas Kerchever Arnold (1859)
"... post diebus venit ad me Caninius, But behold, a few days afterwards Caninius
comes to me. Vocabulary 34. (Verbs that are often followed by two datives. ..."
4. Rudiments of a Grammar of the Anglo-Saxon Tongue by Joseph Gwilt (1829)
"The FIRST DECLENSION is that of Nouns whose Genitives end in ej-, the datives
and Ablatives in e, the Nominatives and Accusatives plural in aj-, ..."
5. Chips from a German Workshop by Friedrich Max Müller, Christian Karl Josias Bunsen (1890)
"prefer, though wrongly, to look upon such datives as infinitives. ... What applies
to datives of nouns in t, applies with still greater force to datives of ..."
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