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dativus incommodi

dativus incommodi noun: malefactive dative.

Noun

dativus incommodi

  1. malefactive 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 incommodi

Borrowed from Latin dativus incommodī.

Questions about dativus incommodi

What does dativus incommodi mean?
Dativus incommodi means malefactive dative.
What part of speech is dativus incommodi?
Dativus incommodi is a noun.

Words near dativus incommodi in the dictionary

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

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