Do vocative forms of participles exist?

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I wondered if the vocative forms of participles really exist.

E.g. the vocative of vocatus would be vocate, same with vocaturus and vocature.
Both forms can be found on pages like Wiktionary (vocate, vocature).

A quick search on packhum shows that vocature could not be found anywhere. I cannot find anything anywhere else about vocatives of participles.

Are these only fictional automatically generated forms or do they really exist?

Sebastian Koppehel · Accepted Answer · 2021-07-11T14:36:28.903

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In Martial 8,75 it says

Hic mihi de multis unus, Lucane, videtur,
Cui merito dici 'mortue Galle' potest.

“Mortue Galle” was (or so commentators claim) a term from gladiatorial fights; the Murmillo in Gallic armour was customarily greeted so.

I also found several examples for moriture on the Packhum website.

edited Jul 11 '21 at 14:36

answered Jul 11 '21 at 11:32

Sebastian Koppehel

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Thanks. The search @ALE posted let me found some other examples too. – Cyb3rKo Jul 11 '21 at 12:01

score 5 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 11 '21 at 11:22

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Sure! Try to do this kind of search: https://latin.packhum.org/search?q=iture

answered Jul 11 '21 at 11:22

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score 4 · Answer 3 · answered Jul 11 '21 at 13:04

The very opening line of Horace's Odes goes:

Maecenas atavis edite regibus…
You Maecenas, who descend from ancestors that were kings…

The vocative of the participle editus plays a prominent role. There is a question on who these atavi were if you want to dig deeper.

Do vocative forms of participles exist?

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