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loc⋅a⋅tive

[lok-uh-tiv] Grammar
–adjective
1. (in certain inflected languages) noting a case whose distinctive function is to indicate place in or at which, as Latin domī “at home.”
–noun
2. the locative case.
3. a word in that case.

Origin:
1795–1805; locate + -ive, on the model of vocative
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loc·a·tive   (lŏk'ə-tĭv)   
adj.  Of, relating to, or being a grammatical case in certain inflected languages that indicates place in or on which or time at which, as in Latin domī, "at home."
n.  
  1. The locative case.

  2. A form or construction in the locative case.


[New Latin locātīvus, from Latin locātus, past participle of locāre, to place; see locate.]
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Word Origin & History

locative 
"grammatical case indicating place," 1804, from L. locus "place," on model of L. vocativus "vocative," from vocatus, pp. of vocare "to call, summon" (see voice).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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