oblique case

NOUN
  1. any grammatical case other than the nominative
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How To Use oblique case In A Sentence

  • [FN#137] The word sac (leg), when used in the oblique case, as it would necessarily be here, makes saki, i.e. cup-bearer. The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Volume II
  • The Gerund and the Gerundive are used, in the oblique cases, in many of the constructions of nouns.
  • The oblique case of an even number had to be put into the subject position so that standard arguments could be used.
  • The genitive, dative, and accusative are called oblique cases to distinguish them from the nominative and vocative.
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