prolative

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin prōlātīvus.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪtɪv

Adjective

prolative (comparative more prolative, superlative most prolative)

1. (obsolete) uttered
2. (grammar) extending or completing a predication

Noun

prolative (plural prolatives)

1. (grammar) the prolative case

Translations

prolative case — see prolative case

References

• John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “prolative”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN.