Definition of Accusatives

1. Noun. (plural of accusative) ¹

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Definition of Accusatives

1. accusative [n] - See also: accusative

Lexicographical Neighbors of Accusatives

accusably
accusal
accusals
accusant
accusants
accusatio
accusation
accusations
accusatival
accusative
accusative-case
accusative case
accusative cases
accusatively
accusativeness
accusatives (current term)
accusator
accusatorial
accusatorially
accusatorily
accusators
accusatory
accusatour
accusatrices
accusatrix
accuse
accused
accuser

Literary usage of Accusatives

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Grammar of the Homeric Dialect by David Binning Monro (1891)
"The uses with Prepositions are treated of in the sections dealing with the several Prepositions (181-218). 141.] Double accusatives. ..."

2. A Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges by Albert Harkness (1892)
"One of the two accusatives is the Direct Object, and the other an essential part of the Predicate. The latter may be called a Predicate ..."

3. A Complete Latin Grammar by Albert Harkness (1898)
"ACCUSATIVE Two accusatives — Person and Thing 411. Rule. — Some verbs of Asking, Demanding, Teaching, and Concealing admit Two accusatives — one of the ..."

4. Gesenius' Hebrew Grammar by Wilhelm Gesenius, Thomas Jefferson Conant, Emil Roediger, Benjamin Davies (1846)
"With this is connected the accus. loci, § 116, 1. SECT. 136. VERBS WITH TWO accusatives. Two accusatives are governed by 1. ..."

5. Latin Composition for Secondary Schools by Benjamin Leonard D'Ooge (1905)
"Two accusatives, Direct Object and Predicate Accusative. ... Note that peto, postulo, and quaero do not take two accusatives, but the accusative of the ..."

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