LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

accūsātiō

accūsātiō f (genitive accūsātiōnis)
Classical[ak.kuːˈsaː.ti.oː]Ecclesiastical[ak.kuˈs̬at.t͡si.o]

Meaning

  1. An accusation, indictment, complaint.
  2. A rebuke, reproof, reproach.

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

ōrātiō quae culpam arguit
accūsātiō -ōnis (f) — in Metamorphoses I, ch. 12

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeaccūsātiōaccūsātiōnēs
genitiveaccūsātiōnisaccūsātiōnum
dativeaccūsātiōnīaccūsātiōnibus
accusativeaccūsātiōnemaccūsātiōnēs
ablativeaccūsātiōneaccūsātiōnibus
vocativeaccūsātiōaccūsātiōnēs

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

accusatio (Cael. 3. 6)
a criminal accusation.

accūsātĭo, ōnis, f. id.,
I. complaint, accusation, indictment.
I. In abstr.: ratio judiciorum ex accusatione et defensione constat, Cic. Off. 2, 14: comparare et constituere accusationem, to bring in, Cic. Verr. 1, 1: intentare, Tac. A. 6, 4: capessere, id. ib. 4, 52: exercere, id. H. 2, 10: factitare, to pursue or urge, Cic. Brut. 34: accusatione desistere, to desist from, give up, id. Fragm. Corn. ap. Ascon.; later, demittere, Aur. Vict. 28, 2: accusationi respondere, to answer, Cic. Clu. 3.—
II. In concr., the bill of indictment, the action or suit: in accusationis septem libris, i. e. in the Orations against Verres, Cic. Or. 29, 103; so Plin. 7, 30, 31, § 110.

Origins

From accūsō (“blame, accuse”) + -tiō, from ad (“to, towards, at”) + causa (“cause, reason, account, lawsuit”).

Descendants
  • Englishaccusation
  • Frenchachoisonfrom Old French ochoison
  • Frenchaccusation
  • Italianaccusazione
  • Portugueseacusação
  • Romanianacuzație
  • Spanishacusación
  • Galloachaisonfrom Old French ochoison
  • Galicianacusación
  • Cebuanoakusasyonfrom Spanish acusación

In English words that came into English from accūsātiō

  • accusationaccūsātiō

Quick answers

What does accūsātiō mean in Latin?
accūsātiō, a noun, means “An accusation, indictment, complaint.; A rebuke, reproof, reproach.”.
What is the genitive of accūsātiō?
The genitive singular is accūsātiōnis. accūsātiō is feminine, third declension.
How do you pronounce accūsātiō?
In classical Latin, [ak.kuːˈsaː.ti.oː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ak.kuˈs̬at.t͡si.o].