accentus
Latin
Etymology
From accinō (“sing to”), from ad + canō (“sing”), a calque of Ancient Greek προσῳδία (prosōidía, “song sung to music; pronunciation of syllable”), from πρός (prós, “to”) + ᾠδή (ōidḗ, “song”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /akˈken.tus/, [akˈkɛn.tʊs]
Noun
accentus m (genitive accentūs); fourth declension
Declension
Fourth declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | accentus | accentūs |
| Genitive | accentūs | accentuum |
| Dative | accentuī | accentibus |
| Accusative | accentum | accentūs |
| Ablative | accentū | accentibus |
| Vocative | accentus | accentūs |
Derived terms
Descendants
- Albanian: aksent
- Aragonese: accento
- Basque: azentu
- Belarusian: акцэнт (akcent)
- Bulgarian: акцент (akcent)
- Catalan: accent
- Czech: akcent
- Danish: accent
- Dutch: accent
- English: accent
- Esperanto: akcento
- Estonian: aktsent
References
- accentus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- accentus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- accentŭs in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette, page 15/3
- “accentus” on page 19 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)
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