420. Vocative.

As to the vocative, it is generally put at the head, at least in prose, for poets may give it any place, according to the exigencies of the metre or rhythm.

In flowery style the vocative is not rarely attended by epithets, as Mâlat. VI, p. 87 ā durātmanmālatīnimittaṃ vyāpāditāsmadguro mādhavahataka (accursed Mâdhava, thou who hast murdered our teacher because of the wreched Mâlatî). In ordinary prose they are avoided.

420. 呼格

voc.について、少なくとも散文ではふつう文頭に置かれる。詩文では、韻律の要に応じて任意の場所に置かれ得る。

散文では避けられるが、美文体においては、voc.が形容辞を伴うのは稀ではない。
Mâlat. VI, p. 87 ā durātmanmālatīnimittaṃ vyāpāditāsmadguro mādhavahataka (accursed Mâdhava, thou who hast murdered our teacher because of the wreched Mâlatî)