accusativus

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin accūsātīvus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑ.ky.zaːˌti.vʏs/

• accusatief:

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• Hyphenation: a‧cu‧sa‧ti‧vus

Noun

accusativus m (plural accusativi or accusativussen)

1. (grammar) the accusative case or a word therein

Synonyms

• accusatief
• vierde naamval

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Latin

Etymology

From accūsō (“to accuse, blame”) +‎ -īvus (verbal adjective suffix). As a grammatical term, it is a mistaken calque of Ancient Greek αἰτῐᾱτῐκή (aitiātikḗ), which does not mean “related to accusing”, but rather “related to an effect”. As a noun, it is an abbreviation of the phrase cāsus accūsātīvus (“accusative case”), in which the adjective is masculine because it agrees with the masculine noun cāsus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ak.kuː.saːˈtiː.u̯us/, [äkːuːs̠äːˈt̪iːu̯ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ak.ku.saˈti.vus/, [äkːus̬äˈt̪iːvus]

Adjective

accūsātīvus (feminine accūsātīva, neuter accūsātīvum); first/second-declension adjective

1. (grammar) accusative

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	accūsātīvus	accūsātīva	accūsātīvum		accūsātīvī	accūsātīvae	accūsātīva
Genitive	accūsātīvī	accūsātīvae	accūsātīvī		accūsātīvōrum	accūsātīvārum	accūsātīvōrum
Dative	accūsātīvō		accūsātīvō		accūsātīvīs
Accusative	accūsātīvum	accūsātīvam	accūsātīvum		accūsātīvōs	accūsātīvās	accūsātīva
Ablative	accūsātīvō	accūsātīvā	accūsātīvō		accūsātīvīs
Vocative	accūsātīve	accūsātīva	accūsātīvum		accūsātīvī	accūsātīvae	accūsātīva

Hypernyms

• cāsus

Related terms

• accūsābilis
• accūsātiō
• accūsātor
• accūsātōriē

• accūsātōrius
• accūsātrīx
• accūsitō
• accūsō

Noun

accūsātīvus m sg (genitive accūsātīvī); second declension

1. (uncountable) the accusative case

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	accūsātīvus
Genitive	accūsātīvī
Dative	accūsātīvō
Accusative	accūsātīvum
Ablative	accūsātīvō
Vocative	accūsātīve

Descendants

• Catalan: acusatiu
• Czech: akuzativ
• English: accusative
• Finnish: akkusatiivi
• French: accusatif
• German: Accusativus, Accusativ, Akkusativus, Akkusativ
• Italian: accusativo

• Portuguese: acusativo
• Romanian: acuzativ
• Russian: аккузати́в (akkuzatív)
• Spanish: acusativo
• Swedish: ackusativ

References

• “accusativus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• accusativus 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)
• accusativus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.