accensus

accensus

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, Vergilius, Aeneis 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.

    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.

    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[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