accūsātīvus, a, um [accuso, prop. belonging to an accusation, hence], in gramm. with or without casus,
the accusative case , as if the defendant in a suit, Varr. L. L. 8, § 67 Müll. (in the prec. §: casus accusandi); Quint. 7, 9, 10, and all the later writers.—Hence, praepositiones accusativae, i. e. those joined with the accusative , Serv. ad Verg. A. 1, 28 al.