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dativus commodi

dativus commodi noun: benefactive dative.

Noun

dativus commodi

  1. (benefactive, dative) benefactive dative
    • The characterization of the nominal indirect object in (42) captures in a generalizing way the traditional distinction between two types of nominal indirect object, namely the dativus commodi and the dativus incommodi.1998, John Newman, editor, The Linguistics of Giving, John Benjamins Publishing, →ISBN, page 284

Origin of dativus commodi

Borrowed from Latin dativus commodī.

Questions about dativus commodi

What does dativus commodi mean?
Dativus commodi means benefactive dative.
What part of speech is dativus commodi?
Dativus commodi is a noun.

Words near dativus commodi in the dictionary

  1. dativization
  2. dativize
  3. dativized
  4. dativizes
  5. dativizing
  6. dativus commodi
  7. dativus incommodi
  8. Datiwuy
  9. datlash
  10. Datlow
  11. Datlows

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