LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · masculinesecond declension

accēnsus1

accēnsus m (genitive accēnsī)

Meaning

  1. an attendant to someone of higher rank, especially an attendant or apparitor to a consul, proconsul, praetor, or similar
  2. an unarmed supernumerary of a legion, ready to fill vacancies

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeaccēnsusaccēnsī
genitiveaccēnsīaccēnsōrum
accēnsuum
dativeaccēnsōaccēnsīs
accēnsibus
accusativeaccēnsumaccēnsōs
ablativeaccēnsōaccēnsīs
accēnsibus
vocativeaccēnseaccēnsī

accensus, ūs, m. accendo,
I. a kindling or setting on fire: lucernarum, Plin. 37, 7, 29, § 103 dub. (al. assensu): luminum, Symm. 3, 48; Plin. 37, 7, 29, acc. to Hard.

Origins

Perfect passive participle of accēnseō.

Descendants
  • Italianaccisa
  • Sicilianaccisa
noun · masculinefourth declension
accēnsus2
accēnsus m (genitive accēnsūs)

Meaning

  1. the kindling of a fire, the action of lighting a fire

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeaccēnsusaccēnsūs
accēnsī
genitiveaccēnsūs
accēnsī		accēnsuum
dativeaccēnsuī
accēnsō		accēnsibus
accēnsīs
accusativeaccēnsumaccēnsūs
accēnsōs
ablativeaccēnsū
accēnsō		accēnsibus
accēnsīs
vocativeaccēnsus
accēnse		accēnsūs
accēnsī

accensus, a, um.
a. Part. of accendo, kindled.—
b. P. a. of accenseo, reckoned among; v. these words.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éd
  2. Proto-Italic*ad
  3. Proto-Italic*ad-
  4. Latinaccēnsus

Proto-Indo-European *(s)kend-der. Proto-Italic *kandēō Latin candeō Latin accendo Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus Latin accēnsus From accendo (“to kindle”) + -tus (action noun forming suffix).

Quick answers

What does accēnsus mean in Latin?
accēnsus, a noun, means “an attendant to someone of higher rank, especially an attendant or apparitor to a consul, proconsul, praetor, or similar; an unarmed supernumerary of a legion, ready to fill vacancies”.
What is the genitive of accēnsus?
The genitive singular is accēnsī. accēnsus is masculine, second declension.