accessus

English

Etymology

From Latin accessus. Doublet of access.

Noun

accessus (uncountable)

1. (Christianity, historical) In electing a pope, a method by which cardinals could change their most recent vote to accede to another candidate in an attempt to reach the necessary two-thirds majority and end the conclave.

Latin

Etymology 1

Perfect participle of accēdō (“I approach, advance”).

Participle

accessus (feminine accessa, neuter accessum); first/second-declension participle

1. approached, reached
2. advanced, attacked

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	accessus	accessa	accessum		accessī	accessae	accessa
Genitive	accessī	accessae	accessī		accessōrum	accessārum	accessōrum
Dative	accessō		accessō		accessīs
Accusative	accessum	accessam	accessum		accessōs	accessās	accessa
Ablative	accessō	accessā	accessō		accessīs
Vocative	accesse	accessa	accessum		accessī	accessae	accessa

Etymology 2

From accēdō (“I approach, advance”) +‎ -tus (“forms nouns from verbs designating the result of an action”).

Noun

accessus m (genitive accessūs); fourth declension

1. approach, arrival
2. entry, admittance, audience
3. onset

Declension

Fourth-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	accessus	accessūs
Genitive	accessūs	accessuum
Dative	accessuī	accessibus
Accusative	accessum	accessūs
Ablative	accessū	accessibus
Vocative	accessus	accessūs

Descendants

• Catalan: accés
• English: access
• French: accès
• Galician: acceso
• Italian: accesso
• Occitan: accès
• Portuguese: acesso
• Spanish: acceso

References

• “accessus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “accessus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• accessus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• accessus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • ebb and flow (of tide): accessus et recessus aestuum