(Grammar)relating to or denoting a case of nouns, pronouns, and adjectives in Latin, Greek, and other inflected languages, used for the subject of a verb (语法)主格的 [ˈnɒmɪˌneɪtɪv]
of or appointed by nomination as distinct from election (被)任命的
noun
(Grammar)a word in the nominative case (语法)主格词 ■(the nominative)the nominative case 主格
语源
late Middle English: from Latin nominativus 'relating to naming', translation of Greek onomastikē (ptōsis) 'naming (case')