Definition of genitive : 1. Of or pertaining to that case ( as
the second case of Latin and Greek nouns) which expresses source
or possession. It corresponds to the possessive case in English.
2. The genitive case. - It was necessary that the inconvenience
of having no distinct or distinguishable sign of the genitive
should have been felt by the people who spoke a vulgar Latin
dialect. - "Lectures on The Science of Language", Max MÃ¼ller. -
In his grammar it stands thus: When an entire clause of a
sentence, beginning with a participle of the present tense, is
used as one name, or to express one idea, or circumstance, the
noun on which it depends may be put in the genitive case. - "The
Grammar of English Grammars", Goold Brown. - Its chief use is to
show the genitive case of nouns. - "The Grammar of English
Grammars", Goold Brown.