different between accusative vs nominoaccusative

English

Etymology

First attested in the mid 15th century. From Middle English accusative, from Anglo-Norman accusatif or Middle French acusatif or from Latin acc?s?t?vus (“having been blamed”), from acc?s? (“to blame”). Equivalent to accuse +? -ative. The Latin form is a mistranslation of the Ancient Greek grammatical term ????????? (aiti?tik?, “expressing an effect”). This term actually comes from ???????? (aiti?tós, “caused”) +? -???? (-ikós, adjective suffix), but was reanalyzed as coming from ?????- (aiti?-), the stem of the verb ????????? (aitiáomai, “to blame”), + -????? (-tikós, verbal adjective suffix).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /??kju?z?t?v/
• (US) enPR: ?k?'z?t?v, IPA^(key): /??kjuz?t?v/
• Hyphenation: ac?cusa?tive

Adjective

accusative (comparative more accusative, superlative most accusative)

1. Producing accusations; in a manner that reflects a finding of fault or blame

   Synonyms: accusatory, accusatorial

   • 22 November, 1641, Edward Dering, a speech

     This hath been a very accusative age.

2. (grammar) Applied to the case (as the fourth case of Latin, Lithuanian and Greek nouns) which expresses the immediate object on which the action or influence of a transitive verb has its limited influence. Other parts of speech, including secondary or predicate direct objects, will also influence a sentence’s construction. In German the case used for direct objects.

Translations

Noun

accusative (plural accusatives)

1. (grammar) The accusative case.

Synonyms

• (accusative case): acc., A.

Translations

French

Adjective

accusative

1. feminine singular of accusatif

Latin

Noun

acc?s?t?ve

1. vocative singular of acc?s?t?vus

English

Etymology

nomino- +? accusative

Adjective

nominoaccusative (not comparable)

1. (grammar) Of or pertaining to both the nominative and accusative cases at once, capable of conveying either the subject or direct object of the verb.