noun · masculinefourth declension
accentus
accentus m (genitive accentūs)
Classical[akˈkɛn.tʊs]Ecclesiastical[atˈt͡ʃɛn.tus]
Meaning
- masculinea blast, signal
- masculineaccent, tone, accentuation
- figurativelymasculineintensity, violence
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | accentus | accentūs |
| genitive | accentūs | accentuum |
| dative | accentuī | accentibus |
| accusative | accentum | accentūs |
| ablative | accentū | accentibus |
| vocative | accentus | accentūs |
accentus, ūs, m. accino, the attuning a thing; hence
I. Lit.
A. In gen., a blast, signal (late Lat.):
aeneatorum accentu, Amm. 16, 12, 36: id. 24, 4, 22; acutissimi tibiarum, Solin. 5 fin.—B. In gramm., the accentuation of a word, accent, tone (post-Aug.): accentus, quos Graeci προσωδίας vocant (so that it is a lit. transl. of the Gr. word, πρός = ad, and ᾠδή = cantus), Quint. 1, 5, 22; 12, 10, 33; Diom. p. 425 Putsch.—
II. Fig., intensity, violence:
hiemis, Sid. Ep. 4, 6: doloris, Marc. Emp. 36.Origins
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂éd
- Proto-Italic*ad
- Proto-Italic*ad-
- Latinaccentus
Proto-Indo-European *keh₂n- Proto-Indo-European *kh₂néti Proto-Italic *kanō Latin canō Latin accinō Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus ▲ Ancient Greek προσῳδῐ́ᾱ (prosōidĭ́ā)calq. Latin accentus From accinō (“to sing to”) + -tus (forming action nouns), from ad- + canō (“sing”), a calque of Ancient Greek προσῳδία (prosōidía, “song sung to music; pronunciation of syllable”), from πρός (prós, “to”) + ᾠδή (ōidḗ, “song”).
Descendants
- Catalanaccent
- GermanAkzent
- Italianaccento
- Occitanaccent
- Frenchaccentfrom Old French acent
- Englishaccentfrom Old French acent
- Portugueseacento
- Romanianaccent
- Sardinianatzentu
- Spanishacento