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

• accūssō

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /akˈkuː.soː/, [äkˈkuːs̠oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /akˈku.so/, [äkˈkuːs̬o]

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, accūsāvēre, accūsārunt1
	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		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		accūsāre	accūsāvisse, accūsāsse1	accūsātūrum esse	accūsārī	accūsātum esse	accūsātum īrī
participles		accūsāns	—	accūsātūrus	—	accūsātus	accūsandus
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

• accūsābilis
• accūsātiō
• accūsātīvus
• accūsātor
• accūsitō

Related terms

• accūsātōriē
• accūsātōrius
• accūsātrīx

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