1. relating to or indicating location or place
Usage: grammar

1. a grammatical case that indicates location or the place where something happens
Usage: grammar

Examples

• The locative case is used in Latin to show where something takes place.
• In the sentence ‘I live in Rome,’ the word ‘Rome’ would be in the locative case in Latin.
• Many languages have locative markers to indicate spatial relationships.
• The locative preposition ‘at’ tells us where the action occurs.
• Students learning Russian must master the locative case for expressing location.
• The locative function of certain words helps clarify meaning in complex sentences.