accessorius

Latin

Etymology

From accessor (“helper”) +‎ -ius, from accessus, perfect passive participle of accēdō (“approach”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ak.kesˈsoː.ri.us/, [äkːɛs̠ˈs̠oːriʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /at.t͡ʃesˈso.ri.us/, [ätː͡ʃesˈsɔːrius]

Adjective

accessōrius (feminine accessōria, neuter accessōrium); first/second-declension adjective

1. (Medieval Latin) accessory, supplementary

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	accessōrius	accessōria	accessōrium		accessōriī	accessōriae	accessōria
genitive	accessōriī	accessōriae	accessōriī		accessōriōrum	accessōriārum	accessōriōrum
dative	accessōriō	accessōriae	accessōriō		accessōriīs
accusative	accessōrium	accessōriam	accessōrium		accessōriōs	accessōriās	accessōria
ablative	accessōriō	accessōriā	accessōriō		accessōriīs
vocative	accessōrie	accessōria	accessōrium		accessōriī	accessōriae	accessōria

Related terms

• accēdenter
• accēdō
• accessibilis
• accessitō

• accessiō
• accessor
• accessus

Descendants

• Catalan: accessori
• English: accessory
• French: accessoire

• Italian: accessorio
• Portuguese: acessório

Noun

accessōrius m (genitive accessōriī or accessōrī); second declension

1. (Medieval Latin) accessory (to a crime), accomplice

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	accessōrius	accessōriī
genitive	accessōriī accessōrī1	accessōriōrum
dative	accessōriō	accessōriīs
accusative	accessōrium	accessōriōs
ablative	accessōriō	accessōriīs
vocative	accessōrie	accessōriī

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

References

• accessorius in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)