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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

  • 'Some words of this root in some languages have zero grade so it must be from the Genitive with ablaut.'

    Missing honey 2010

  • Genitive (Possessive): (singular) thy, thine, (plural) your.

    THE FORESOOTH FILE « Fantasy Author's Handbook 2009

  • Genitive (Possessive): (singular) thy, thine, (plural) your.

    August « 2009 « Fantasy Author's Handbook 2009

  • Genitive (Possessive): (singular) thy, thine, (plural) your.

    25 « August « 2009 « Fantasy Author's Handbook 2009

  • I hate to refer people to Wikipedia, but clear examples in Greek are given of this feature under Genitive absolute.

    Ashes to ashes 2009

  • Genitive is the name of the Proto-Indo-European case that conveys possession or origin.

    Genitival Misanalysis 2008

  • 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.

    I tripped over Pre-IE the other day 2008

  • 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

  • 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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