LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · masculinesecond declension

accēnsī

accēnsī m pl (genitive accēnsōrum)

Meaning

  1. a kind of reserve troops who followed the army as supernumeraries to take the place of those who fell in battle.

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominative—accēnsī
genitive—accēnsōrum
dative—accēnsīs
accusative—accēnsōs
ablative—accēnsīs
vocative—accēnsī

Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.

accēnsī orum, m
unarmed supernumeraries of a legion, ready to fill vacancies: accensi, minimae fiduciae manus, L.: velati.

In the Academy Smith's classical dictionaries

AntiquitiesAccensiAccensi properly supernumeraries, from accenseo (the other derivations given by Varro, Ling. Lat. 6.89, Mull., are impossible and absurd). The word is…

Quick answers

What does accēnsī mean in Latin?
accēnsī, a noun, means “a kind of reserve troops who followed the army as supernumeraries to take the place of those who fell in battle.”.
What is the genitive of accēnsī?
The genitive singular is accēnsōrum. accēnsī is masculine, second declension.