vocative

• POS: Adjective, Noun
• HYPHEN: voc=a=tive

CIDE DICTIONARY

vocative, a. [L. vocativus, fr. vocare to call.].

 Of or pertaining to calling; used in calling; specifically (Gram.), used in address; appellative; -- said of that case or form of the noun, pronoun, or adjective, in which a person or thing is addressed; as, Domine, O Lord.  [1913 Webster]

vocative, n. [L. vocativus (sc. casus): cf. F. vocatif.].

 The vocative case.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

vocative, n. & adj. Gram.
--n. the case of nouns, pronouns, and adjectives used in addressing or invoking a person or thing.
--adj. of or in this case.

Etymology

ME f. OF vocatif -ive or L vocativus f. vocare call