Genitive Case Flashcards
Description
Further limits or describes the head noun, but other common genitive like categories do not capture the specific nuance.
Attributive
Denotes an attribute or innate quality of the head term, conveying an emphatic adjectival idea.
Possession
Identifies ownership with regard to the noun it modifies, often employing the use of a possessive pronoun.
Relationship
Denotes a family relationship such as a person’s parent or spouse. The word indicating the relationship is often omitted and must be inferred.
Source
Indicates the origin of the head noun (“from”)
Material or Content
Indicates the material of which the head term is made or specifies the content of an object or abstract noun.
Partitive
Whether by itself or in conjunction with the preposition ἀπό or ἐκ, the articular noun in the genitive denotes the whole of which the head noun is a part.
Subjective
Functions semantically as the subject of the verbal idea implied in the head noun, producing the action.
Objective
Functions semantically as the direct object of the verbal idea implicit in the head noun, receiving the action.
Time or Place
Indicates the location in time or space where an action occurs. The focus is on the kind or quality.
Separation
Indicates motion away from or distance, whether literally or figuratively (“from”).
Means or Agency
Convey’s the impersonal means or personal agent by which a given action is carried out (“by”).
Comparison
Used to denote comparison in conjunction with a comparative adverb (“than”).
Price, Value, or Quantity
Indicates the price that is paid or the value that attaches to a given item.
Genitive of Apposition
The genitive provides an alternate designation (simple) of a genitive head noun or provides an explanatory (exegetical) restatement of a head noun in any case.
Genitive of Direct Object
Verbs of sensation, emotion or volition, sharing, ruling, or separation, take their direct object in the genitive case (instead of the accusative case)
