LOCATIVE CASE
\lə͡ʊkˈatɪv kˈe͡ɪs], \ləʊkˈatɪv kˈeɪs], \l_əʊ_k_ˈa_t_ɪ_v k_ˈeɪ_s]\
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In Gram., the case expressive of locality. Such a case existed originally in all Aryan languages, and it survives in Greek and Latin; but likeness of form has led grammarians to confuse it with other cases, to the great misleading of the learner.
By Henry Percy Smith