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accidens
accidens
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈak.ki.dens/, [ˈak.kɪ.dẽːs]
Participle
accidēns m, f, n (genitive accidentis); third declension
- falling down, upon, at or near, descending
- happening (to), taking place, occurring, befalling
Declension
Third declension.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
| nominative | accidēns | accidentēs | accidentia | ||
| genitive | accidentis | accidentium | |||
| dative | accidentī | accidentibus | |||
| accusative | accidentem | accidēns | accidentēs | accidentia | |
| ablative | accidente, accidentī1 | accidentibus | |||
| vocative | accidēns | accidentēs | accidentia | ||
1When used purely as an adjective.
Noun
accidēns n (genitive accidentis); third declension
- accident, circumstance (chance event)
- 1695, Teutsch-Lateinisches WörterBüchlein Zum Nutz und Ergötzung der Schuljugend zusammengetragen, Und mit 6000. darzu dienlichen Bildern gezieret. Deme noch über das eine kurtzgefaste Lateinische Sprach-Übung Und Zimliche Anzahl Auserlesener Sprüche beygefüget. — Dictionariolum germanico-latinum In Usum & delectationem Scholasticae Juventutis concinnatum, & aliquot millibus huic rei inservientibus Iconibus illustratum. Cui insuper accessit, Epitome Grammatices Latinae cum selectarum Sententiarum Farragine., Nuremberg (Nürnberg, Noriberga), p.197:
- Accidentia nominum sunt septem: Species, Figura, Persona, Genus, Declinatio, Numerus, & Casus.
- Accidents of nouns are seven: species, shape/figure, person, gender, declination, number, & case.
- Accidentia nominum sunt septem: Species, Figura, Persona, Genus, Declinatio, Numerus, & Casus.
- 1695, Teutsch-Lateinisches WörterBüchlein Zum Nutz und Ergötzung der Schuljugend zusammengetragen, Und mit 6000. darzu dienlichen Bildern gezieret. Deme noch über das eine kurtzgefaste Lateinische Sprach-Übung Und Zimliche Anzahl Auserlesener Sprüche beygefüget. — Dictionariolum germanico-latinum In Usum & delectationem Scholasticae Juventutis concinnatum, & aliquot millibus huic rei inservientibus Iconibus illustratum. Cui insuper accessit, Epitome Grammatices Latinae cum selectarum Sententiarum Farragine., Nuremberg (Nürnberg, Noriberga), p.197:
Declension
Third declension neuter “pure” i-stem.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | accidēns | accidentia |
| genitive | accidentis | accidentium |
| dative | accidentī | accidentibus |
| accusative | accidēns | accidentia |
| ablative | accidentī | accidentibus |
| vocative | accidēns | accidentia |
Descendants
- English: accident
- Dutch: toeval (calque)
- German: Akzidens n, Akzidenz n; Zufall m (calque)
- Portuguese: acidente
Etymology 2
Form of the verb accīdō (“fell, cut down; use up; impair”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /akˈkiː.dens/, [akˈkiː.dẽːs]
Participle
accīdēns m, f, n (genitive accīdentis); third declension
Declension
Third declension.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
| nominative | accīdēns | accīdentēs | accīdentia | ||
| genitive | accīdentis | accīdentium | |||
| dative | accīdentī | accīdentibus | |||
| accusative | accīdentem | accīdēns | accīdentēs | accīdentia | |
| ablative | accīdente, accīdentī1 | accīdentibus | |||
| vocative | accīdēns | accīdentēs | accīdentia | ||
1When used purely as an adjective.
References
- accidens in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “accidens”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.