accuso

See also: accusò

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /akˈku.zo/
  • Rhymes: -uzo
  • Hyphenation: ac‧cù‧so

Verb

accuso

  1. first-person singular present indicative of accusare

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From ad- (“to, towards, at”) +‎ causa (“cause, reason, account, lawsuit”).

Pronunciation

Verb

accūsō (present infinitive accūsāre, perfect active accūsāvī, supine accūsātum); first conjugation

  1. to blame, reproach, make a complaint against, find fault with [with genitive or de (+ ablative) ‘for something’]
    Synonyms: obiūrgō, castīgō, damnō, īnsector, exprobrō, obloquor, acclāmō, inclāmō, incūsō, crīminor, obiectō, corripiō, pulsō, increpō, arguō, reprehendō, perstringō
  2. (law) to indict, accuse, arraign, charge [with genitive or de (+ ablative) ‘for/of/with some crime’]
    Synonyms: incūsō, īnsimulō, condemnō, reprehendō, damnō

Conjugation

   Conjugation of accūsō (first conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present accūsō accūsās accūsat accūsāmus accūsātis accūsant
imperfect accūsābam accūsābās accūsābat accūsābāmus accūsābātis accūsābant
future accūsābō accūsābis accūsābit accūsābimus accūsābitis accūsābunt
perfect accūsāvī accūsāvistī,
accūsāstī1 		accūsāvit,
accūsāt1 		accūsāvimus,
accūsāmus1 		accūsāvistis,
accūsāstis1 		accūsāvērunt,
accūsārunt,
accūsāvēre1
pluperfect accūsāveram,
accūsāram1 		accūsāverās,
accūsārās1 		accūsāverat,
accūsārat1 		accūsāverāmus,
accūsārāmus1 		accūsāverātis,
accūsārātis1 		accūsāverant,
accūsārant1
future perfect accūsāverō,
accūsārō1 		accūsāveris,
accūsāris1 		accūsāverit,
accūsārit1 		accūsāverimus,
accūsārimus1 		accūsāveritis,
accūsāritis1 		accūsāverint,
accūsārint1
passive present accūsor accūsāris,
accūsāre 		accūsātur accūsāmur accūsāminī accūsantur
imperfect accūsābar accūsābāris,
accūsābāre 		accūsābātur accūsābāmur accūsābāminī accūsābantur
future accūsābor accūsāberis,
accūsābere 		accūsābitur accūsābimur accūsābiminī accūsābuntur
perfect accūsātus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect accūsātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect accūsātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present accūsem accūsēs accūset accūsēmus accūsētis accūsent
imperfect accūsārem accūsārēs accūsāret accūsārēmus accūsārētis accūsārent
perfect accūsāverim,
accūsārim1 		accūsāverīs,
accūsārīs1 		accūsāverit,
accūsārit1 		accūsāverīmus,
accūsārīmus1 		accūsāverītis,
accūsārītis1 		accūsāverint,
accūsārint1
pluperfect accūsāvissem,
accūsāssem1 		accūsāvissēs,
accūsāssēs1 		accūsāvisset,
accūsāsset1 		accūsāvissēmus,
accūsāssēmus1 		accūsāvissētis,
accūsāssētis1 		accūsāvissent,
accūsāssent1
passive present accūser accūsēris,
accūsēre 		accūsētur accūsēmur accūsēminī accūsentur
imperfect accūsārer accūsārēris,
accūsārēre 		accūsārētur accūsārēmur accūsārēminī accūsārentur
perfect accūsātus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect accūsātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — accūsā — — accūsāte —
future — accūsātō accūsātō — accūsātōte accūsantō
passive present — accūsāre — — accūsāminī —
future — accūsātor accūsātor — — accūsantor
non-finite forms infinitive participle
active passive active passive
present accūsāre accūsārī accūsāns —
future accūsātūrum esse accūsātum īrī accūsātūrus accūsandus
perfect accūsāvisse,
accūsāsse1 		accūsātum esse — accūsātus
future perfect — accūsātum fore — —
perfect potential accūsātūrum fuisse — — —
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
accūsandī accūsandō accūsandum accūsandō accūsātum accūsātū

1At least one rare poetic syncopated perfect form is attested.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Catalan: acusar
  • English: accuse
  • Esperanto: akuzi
  • French: accuser
  • Ido: akuzar
  • Italian: accusare
  • Portuguese: acusar
  • Romanian: acuza
  • Sicilian: accusari
  • Spanish: acusar

References

  • “accuso”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “accuso”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • accuso in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to charge some one with a capital offence: accusare aliquem rei capitalis (rerum capitalium)
    • to accuse some one of malversation, embezzlement of public money: accusare aliquem peculatus, pecuniae publicae
    • to accuse a person of forging the archives: accusare aliquem falsarum tabularum
    • to charge a person with treason (hostile conduct against the state generally): accusare aliquem perduellionis
    • to accuse a person of high treason (more specific than the preceding): accusare aliquem maiestatis
    • to accuse some one of illegal canvassing: accusare aliquem ambitus, de ambitu
    • to accuse a person of violence, poisoning: accusare aliquem de vi, de veneficiis
    • to accuse a person of assassination: accusare aliquem inter sicarios (Rosc. Am. 32. 90)

Portuguese

Verb

accuso

  1. first-person singular present indicative of accusar
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