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locative definition

loca·tive (läk′ə tiv)

adjective

Linguis. designating, of, or in the case indicating place at which or in which, as in Latin, Greek, Sanskrit, etc.

Etymology: < L locatus (see locate) + -ive, by assoc. with vocative

noun

  1. the locative case
  2. a word in the locative case

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