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With similis the Genitive is the commoner construction in Cicero, when the reference is to living objects; as, -- fīlius patris simillimus est, _the son is exactly like his father_; meī similis, _like me_; vestrī similis, _like you_.
New Latin Grammar Charles E. Bennett
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'Some words of this root in some languages have zero grade so it must be from the Genitive with ablaut.'
Missing honey 2010
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Genitive (Possessive): (singular) thy, thine, (plural) your.
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Genitive (Possessive): (singular) thy, thine, (plural) your.
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Genitive (Possessive): (singular) thy, thine, (plural) your.
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I hate to refer people to Wikipedia, but clear examples in Greek are given of this feature under Genitive absolute.
Ashes to ashes 2009
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Genitive is the name of the Proto-Indo-European case that conveys possession or origin.
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The fact that there is a change of wi/we in the Genitive is seen as a confirmation that it is in fact an epenthetic vowel.
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A dog is der Hund the dog; a woman is die Frau the woman; a horse is das Pferd, the horse; now you put that dog in the Genitive case, & is he the same dog he was before?
Mark Twain Ron Powers 2005
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A dog is der Hund the dog; a woman is die Frau the woman; a horse is das Pferd, the horse; now you put that dog in the Genitive case, & is he the same dog he was before?
Mark Twain Ron Powers 2005
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