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Literary notes about Genitive (AI summary)

The term “genitive” has been employed in literature both as a technical grammatical descriptor and as a tool for conveying deeper meaning. In classical texts such as Snorri Sturluson’s Edda, the genitive signifies a relationship of belonging or origin—for example, “Ragna” is explained as the genitive plural of a word meaning “of the gods” ([1]). In Latin grammar texts, it appears in discussions of signifiers like gĕn-ĕtivus, indicating origin or possession ([2]), and continues to be discussed in detailed analyses of dependent constructions and case comparisons ([3], [4], [5]). Furthermore, literary works such as James Joyce’s Ulysses exploit the dual nature of the genitive—as both subjective and objective—to express nuanced relationships like “amor matris” ([6], [7]), while other sources extend its discussion to Greek usage and syntactic function within broader linguistic frameworks ([8], [9]). This variety of usage across genres and centuries underscores its enduring role in clarifying relationships between words in diverse scholarly and literary traditions.
  1. Ragna is genitive plural, from the word regin (god), and means of the gods.
    — from The Younger Edda; Also called Snorre's Edda, or The Prose Edda by Snorri Sturluson
  2. gĕn-ĕtivus = of or belonging to birth, genitive .
    — from Helps to Latin Translation at Sight by Edmund Luce
  3. ( c ) A dependent genitive impetus GLADIORUM.
    — from Helps to Latin Translation at Sight by Edmund Luce
  4. —— Genitive in as , 50 . —— Ablative in as , 50 . —— Locative in i , 50 . —— Locative in sani , 54 .
    — from The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America by Thomas Jefferson
  5. Genitive in as , as infinitive, 50 .
    — from The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America by Thomas Jefferson
  6. Amor matris , subjective and objective genitive, may be the only true thing in life.
    — from Ulysses by James Joyce
  7. Amor matris: subjective and objective genitive.
    — from Ulysses by James Joyce
  8. sese flexere viae , a Greek genitive.
    — from Helps to Latin Translation at Sight by Edmund Luce
  9. The oblique cases, are the genitive, the dative, and the accusative.
    — from The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers by Diogenes Laertius

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