accusatival (akuzatival)

Pertaining to the accusative case. Jour. of Philology. accusative (a-kū'za-tiv), a. and n. [F. ac cusatif Sp.acusativo = Pg. It. accusativo, all in the sense of accusative case, Pg. also in sense of censuring, L. accusativus, prop. belonging to an accusation, but used only in the grammatical sense (with or without casus, case), accusative 42 Acephala of αἰτιατικός, usually translated 'of or for accu sation,' but rather (the case) of the effect,' or terminal cause of the action of the verb, This hath been a very accusative age. Sir E. Dering, Speeches, p. 112. 2. In gram., noting especially the direct object of a verb, and to a considerable extent (and probably primarily) destination or goal of motion: applied to a case forming part of the original Indo-European declension (as of the case-systems of other languages), and retained as a distinct form by the older languages of the family, and by some of the modern. In English grammar it is usually called the objective case. Its abbre viation is acc. IMG:content-0159.png:[blocks in formation]