Italian

Verb

accuso

1. first-person singular present of accusare

Latin

Alternative forms

• accūssō

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /akˈkuː.soː/

Verb

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

1. I blame, reproach, make a complaint against, find fault with.
2. (law) I indict, accuse, arraign, charge with a crime.

Inflection

Derived terms

Related terms

• accūsātōriē
• accūsātōrius
• accūsātrīx

Descendants

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
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “accuso”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, 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 (eu) present indicative of accusar