accusative
Meanings
Plural: accusatives
Noun
- the case of nouns serving as the direct object of a verb
- The accusative case.
- A word inflected in the accusative case.
Adjective Satellite
- containing or expressing accusation; ; ; - O.Henry
Adjective
- serving as or indicating the object of a verb or of certain prepositions and used for certain other purposes
- "accusative endings"
Adj
- Producing accusations; in a manner that reflects a finding of fault or blame
- Applied to the case (as the fourth case of Latin, Lithuanian and Greek nouns) which expresses the immediate object on which the action or influence of a transitive verb has its limited influence. Other parts of speech, including secondary or predicate direct objects, will also influence a sentence’s construction. In German the case used for direct objects.
Origin / Etymology
First attested in the mid 15th century. From Middle English accusative, from Anglo-Norman accusatif or Middle French acusatif or from Latin accūsātīvus (“having been blamed”), from accūsō (“to blame”). Equivalent to accuse + -ative. The Latin form is a mistranslation of the Ancient Greek grammatical term αἰτιᾱτική (aitiātikḗ, “expressing an effect”). This term actually comes from αἰτιᾱτός (aitiātós, “caused”) + -ῐκός (-ĭkós, adjective suffix), but was reanalyzed as coming from αἰτιᾱ- (aitiā-), the stem of the verb αἰτιάομαι (aitiáomai, “to blame”), + -τῐκός (-tĭkós, verbal adjective suffix).
Synonyms
A., acc., accusative case, accusatorial, accusatory, accusing, accusive, objective, objective case
Scrabble Score: 17
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