locative Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the semantic role of the noun phrase that designates the place of the state or action denoted by the verb
    locative role.

WordNet


Loc"a*tive adjective
Definitions
  1. (Gram.) Indicating place, or the place where, or wherein; as, a locative adjective; locative case of a noun. -- n. The locative case.

Webster 1913