(in Latin, Greek, German, and some other languages) denoting a case of nouns and pronouns, and words in grammatical agreement with them, indicating an indirect object or recipient (拉丁语、希腊语、德语和一些其他语言中)与格的
noun
a noun or other word of this type 与格词 ■(the dative)the dative case 与格
派生 语源
late Middle English: from Latin (casus) dativus ('case) of giving', from dat- 'given', from the verb dare