accusative vs accusative case

accusative

noun
  • The accusative case. 

adj
  • Producing accusations; in a manner that reflects a finding of fault or blame 

  • 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. 

accusative case

noun
  • In English and other modern languages, the case used to mark the immediate object (direct object) on which the transitive verb acts. In Latin grammar, the accusative case (cāsus accūsātīvus) includes functions derived from the Indo-European accusative and lative cases; said Lative Case express concepts similar to those of the English prepositions "to" and "towards". 

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