[nom.i.na.tive] adj [ME nominatyf, fr. MF or L; MF nominatif, fr. L (casus) nominativus nominative case, fr. nominare; fr. the traditional use of the nominative form in naming a noun] (14c) 1 a: marking typically the subject of a verb esp. in languages that have relatively full inflection "~ case" b: of or relating to the nominative case "a ~ ending"
2: nominated or appointed by nomination
3: bearing a person's name -- nominative n