Accusativus
From TTT
Latin-English
accūsātīv|us, -ī. (ak.ku.zaˈti.vus) masc.
- The accusative case.
[accuso.]
Loci
- αʹ Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria 7.9:
| Accusativi geminatione facta amphibolia solvitur ablativo, ut illud "Lachetem audivi percussisse Demean" fiat "a Lachete percussum Demean". | Ambiguity created by doubling an accusative is resolved with an ablative, so that Lachetem audivi percussisse Demean ['Demea Laches struck, I heard'] may become a Lachete percussum Demean ['...Demea was struck by Laches']. |
