accusatio
English
Etymology
From Latin. Doublet of accusation.
Latin
Etymology
From accūsō (“blame, accuse”) + -tiō, from ad (“to, towards, at”) + causa (“cause, reason, account, lawsuit”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ak.kuːˈsaː.ti.oː/
Noun
accūsātiō f (genitive accūsātiōnis); third declension
- An accusation, indictment, complaint.
- A rebuke, reproof, reproach.
Inflection
Third declension.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | accūsātiō | accūsātiōnēs |
Genitive | accūsātiōnis | accūsātiōnum |
Dative | accūsātiōnī | accūsātiōnibus |
Accusative | accūsātiōnem | accūsātiōnēs |
Ablative | accūsātiōne | accūsātiōnibus |
Vocative | accūsātiō | accūsātiōnēs |
Synonyms
- (accusation): catēgoria, crīmen, crīminātiō, dēlātūra, imputātiō
- (reproach): animadversiō, convīcium, crīmen, culpātiō, exprōbrātiō, improperium, obiectātiō, opprōbrium
Related terms
Descendants
- English: accusation
- French: accusation
- Italian: accusazione
References
- accusatio in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- accusatio in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- accusatio in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- accusatio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- a criminal accusation: accusatio (Cael. 3. 6)
- a criminal accusation: accusatio (Cael. 3. 6)
- accusatio in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- accusatio in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
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