APPELLATIVELY

Etymology

Adverb

appellatively (not comparable)

(grammar) After the manner of appellative nouns; so as to express whole classes or species.

Hercules is sometimes used appellatively, that is, as a common name, to signify a strong man.

Source: Wiktionary

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Ap*pel"la*tive*ly, adv.

Definition: After the manner of nouns appellative; in a manner to express whole classes or species; as, Hercules is sometimes used appellatively, that is, as a common name, to signify a strong man.

APPELLATIVE

Ap*pel"la*tive, a. Etym: [L. appellativus, fr. appellare: cf. F. appelatif. See Appeal.]

1. Pertaining to a common name; serving as a distinctive denomination; denominative; naming. Cudworth.

2. (gram.)

Definition: Common, as opposed to proper; denominative of a class.

Ap*pel"la*tive, n. Etym: [L. appelativum, sc. nomen.]

1. A common name, distinction from a proper name. A common name, or appellative, stands for a whole class, genus, or species of beings, or for universal ideas. Thus, tree is the name of all plants of a particular class; plant and vegetable are names of things that grow out of the earth. A proper name, on the other hand, stands for a single thing; as, Rome, Washington, Lake Erie.

2. An appellation or title; a descriptive name. God chosen it for one of his appellatives to be the Defender of them. Jer. Taylor.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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