adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective
accūsātīvus1
accūsātīvus (feminine accūsātīva, neuter accūsātīvum)
Classical[ak.kuː.saːˈtiː.wʊs]Ecclesiastical[ak.ku.s̬aˈtiː.vus]
Meaning
- adjectiveaccusative
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | accūsātīvus | accūsātīva | accūsātīvum |
| genitive | accūsātīvī | accūsātīvae | accūsātīvī |
| dative | accūsātīvō | accūsātīvae | accūsātīvō |
| accusative | accūsātīvum | accūsātīvam | accūsātīvum |
| ablative | accūsātīvō | accūsātīvā | accūsātīvō |
| vocative | accūsātīve | accūsātīva | accūsātīvum |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | accūsātīvī | accūsātīvae | accūsātīva |
| genitive | accūsātīvōrum | accūsātīvārum | accūsātīvōrum |
| dative | accūsātīvīs | accūsātīvīs | accūsātīvīs |
| accusative | accūsātīvōs | accūsātīvās | accūsātīva |
| ablative | accūsātīvīs | accūsātīvīs | accūsātīvīs |
| vocative | accūsātīvī | accūsātīvae | accūsātīva |
accūsātīvus, a, um id., prop. belonging to an accusation, hence, in gramm. with or without casus,
I. the accusative case, as if the defendant in a suit, Varr. L. L. 8, § 67 Müll. (in the prec. §: casus accusandi); Quint. 7, 9, 10, and all the later writers.—Hence, praepositiones accusativae, i. e. those joined with the accusative, Serv. ad Verg. A. 1, 28 al.
Origins
From accūsō (“to accuse, blame”) + -īvus (verbal adjective suffix). As a grammatical term, it is a mistaken calque of Ancient Greek αἰτῐᾱτῐκή (aitĭātĭkḗ), 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.
In English words that came into English from accūsātīvus
- accusativeaccūsātīvus
- accusativalaccūsātīvum