genitive Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the case expressing ownership
    possessive; possessive case; genitive case.
  2. adjective serving to express or indicate possession
    possessive.
    • possessive pronouns
    • the genitive endings

WordNet

Gen"i*tive adjective
Etymology
L. genitivus, fr. gignere, genitum, to beget: cf. F. génitif. See Gender.
Definitions
  1. (Gram.) Of or pertaining to that case (as the second case of Latin and Greek nouns) which expresses source or possession. It corresponds to the possessive case in English.
Gen"i*tive noun
Definitions
  1. (Gram.) The genitive case.

Webster 1913