accusative

Meaning

Adj

1. Producing accusations; in a manner that reflects a finding of fault or blame
2. 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.

Noun

1. The accusative case.
2. A word inflected in the accusative case.

Synonyms

accusative case

accusive

accusatory

accusing

objective case

objective

accusatorial

recriminative

recriminatory

reproachful

criminative

inculpatory

Translations

accusatif

accusativo

acusativo

accusatief

Akkusativ

acusativo

accusativus

Wenfall

αιτιατική

vierde naamval

acusatiu

beschuldigend

vierter Fall

Pronounced as (IPA)

/əˈkjuːzətɪv/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: accusative

In summary

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).