dativus commodi

noun

benefactive dative

OriginLatin dativus commodī →
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Meanings

noun
  1. benefactivedativegrammarbenefactive 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

  1. Latindativus commodī
  2. Englishdativus commodi

Borrowed from Latin dativus commodī.

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