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, 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

• Italian: accisa
• Sicilian: accisa

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