# Grammar buffs: Name for this particular usage of the genitive?

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**Category:** Factual Questions
**Created:** [January 21, 2023, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grammar-buffs-name-for-this-particular-usage-of-the-genitive/978579 "2023-01-21T21:03:26Z")
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### Author: ![Dr.Drake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Dr.Drake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Drake)
#### Post date: [January 21, 2023, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grammar-buffs-name-for-this-particular-usage-of-the-genitive/978579/5 "2023-01-21T21:52:08Z")

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There was a great thread on here some years ago establishing that “Da Vinci” was, in fact, used as a surname. [The Da Vinci Contention - Was it (and if not, is it now) his surname?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-da-vinci-contention-was-it-and-if-not-is-it-now-his-surname/688902/)

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