dativus incommodi

noun

malefactive dative

OriginLatin dativus incommodī →
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Meanings

noun
  1. grammarmalefactive 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 incommodī
  2. Englishdativus incommodi

Borrowed from Latin dativus incommodī.

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