Latin

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Etymology 1

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Perfect passive participle of accendō.

Participle

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accēnsus (feminine accēnsa, neuter accēnsum); first/second-declension participle

  1. lit, kindled (fire)
  2. inflamed, aroused, excited
    • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.203–204:
      Isque āmēns animī et rūmōre accēnsus amārō / dīcitur [...].
      And so he, frantic in spirit and inflamed by bitter rumor, it is said, [...].
Declension
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First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative accēnsus accēnsa accēnsum accēnsī accēnsae accēnsa
Genitive accēnsī accēnsae accēnsī accēnsōrum accēnsārum accēnsōrum
Dative accēnsō accēnsō accēnsīs
Accusative accēnsum accēnsam accēnsum accēnsōs accēnsās accēnsa
Ablative accēnsō accēnsā accēnsō accēnsīs
Vocative accēnse accēnsa accēnsum accēnsī accēnsae accēnsa
Descendants
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  • Galician: aceso
  • Italian: acceso
  • Portuguese: aceso

Etymology 2

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From accendo (to kindle) +‎ -tus (action noun forming suffix).

Noun

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accēnsus m (genitive accēnsūs); fourth declension

  1. the kindling of a fire, the action of lighting a fire
Declension
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Fourth-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative accēnsus accēnsūs
Genitive accēnsūs accēnsuum
Dative accēnsuī accēnsibus
Accusative accēnsum accēnsūs
Ablative accēnsū accēnsibus
Vocative accēnsus accēnsūs

Etymology 3

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Perfect passive participle of accēnseō.

Participle

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accēnsus (feminine accēnsa, neuter accēnsum); first/second-declension participle

  1. added to
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First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative accēnsus accēnsa accēnsum accēnsī accēnsae accēnsa
Genitive accēnsī accēnsae accēnsī accēnsōrum accēnsārum accēnsōrum
Dative accēnsō accēnsō accēnsīs
Accusative accēnsum accēnsam accēnsum accēnsōs accēnsās accēnsa
Ablative accēnsō accēnsā accēnsō accēnsīs
Vocative accēnse accēnsa accēnsum accēnsī accēnsae accēnsa

Noun

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accēnsus m (genitive accēnsī); second declension

  1. an attendant to someone of higher rank, especially an attendant or apparitor to a consul, proconsul, praetor, or similar
  2. (military) an unarmed supernumerary of a legion, ready to fill vacancies
Declension
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Second-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative accēnsus accēnsī
Genitive accēnsī accēnsōrum
Dative accēnsō accēnsīs
Accusative accēnsum accēnsōs
Ablative accēnsō accēnsīs
Vocative accēnse accēnsī
Descendants
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References

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  • accensus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • accensus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • accensus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to be fired with a passionate hatred: odio inflammatum, accensum esse
    • to be fired with desire of a thing: cupiditate alicuius rei accensum, inflammatum esse