accensus

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Latin

Etymology 1

Perfect passive participle of accendō.

Participle

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

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative accēnsus accēnsa accēnsum accēnsī accēnsae accēnsa
genitive accēnsī accēnsae accēnsī accēnsōrum accēnsārum accēnsōrum
dative accēnsō accēnsae accēnsō accēnsīs
accusative accēnsum accēnsam accēnsum accēnsōs accēnsās accēnsa
ablative accēnsō accēnsā accēnsō accēnsīs
vocative accēnse accēnsa accēnsum accēnsī accēnsae accēnsa
Descendants
  • Galician: aceso
  • Italian: acceso
  • Portuguese: aceso

Etymology 2

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

Noun

accēnsus m (genitive accēnsūs); fourth declension

  1. the kindling of a fire, the action of lighting a fire
Declension

Fourth-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative accēnsus accēnsūs
genitive accēnsūs accēnsuum
dative accēnsuī accēnsibus
accusative accēnsum accēnsūs
ablative accēnsū accēnsibus
vocative accēnsus accēnsūs

Etymology 3

Perfect passive participle of accēnseō.

Participle

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

  1. added to
Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative accēnsus accēnsa accēnsum accēnsī accēnsae accēnsa
genitive accēnsī accēnsae accēnsī accēnsōrum accēnsārum accēnsōrum
dative accēnsō accēnsae accēnsō accēnsīs
accusative accēnsum accēnsam accēnsum accēnsōs accēnsās accēnsa
ablative accēnsō accēnsā accēnsō accēnsīs
vocative accēnse accēnsa accēnsum accēnsī accēnsae accēnsa

Noun

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

Second-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative accēnsus accēnsī
genitive accēnsī accēnsōrum
dative accēnsō accēnsīs
accusative accēnsum accēnsōs
ablative accēnsō accēnsīs
vocative accēnse accēnsī
Descendants

References

  • “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, 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
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