Expertlatin
- What are the endings for accusative case in Latin?
- What is the accusative object of preposition in Latin?
- What is the use of accusative case in Latin?
What are the endings for accusative case in Latin?
Accusative singular for masculine and feminine nouns always ends in '-m'; accusative plural for masculine and feminine nouns always ends in '-s'. Genitive plural of all declensions ends in '-um'. Dative and ablative plurals are always the same. In the first and second declensions, the ending is usually '-is'.
What is the accusative object of preposition in Latin?
In Latin, many prepositions require the word that they describe to be in the accusative case. When this happens, we call those accusative words the "objects of the preposition." Some of the prepositions on this long list include ad, ante, in, inter, and trans. He sat in front of the emperor.
What is the use of accusative case in Latin?
The accusative case is the case for the direct object of transitive verbs, the internal object of any verb (but frequently with intransitive verbs), for expressions indicating the extent of space or the duration of time, and for the object of certain prepositions.
