accuso

See also: accusò

Italian

Pronunciation

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

Verb

accuso

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

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
(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
indicative		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
subjunctive		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
imperative		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	accūsā	—	—	accūsāte	—
active	future	—	accūsātō	accūsātō	—	accūsātōte	accūsantō
passive	present	—	accūsāre	—	—	accūsāminī	—
passive	future	—	accūsātor	accūsātor	—	—	accūsantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
non-finite forms		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

Related 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

first-person singular present indicative of accusar