Grammatical Accusatives

Question 1

Prepositions that take the accusative

Answer 1

ad, ante, apud, circum, inter, per, post, prope

Question 2

Accusative of motion

Answer 2

when there is motion involved in an action, then the accusative is used as oppose to the ablative.

e.g. “Iulius in villam intrat.”

Question 3

Accusative and Infinitive Construction

Answer 3

the direct object of a perception, such as videre or audire, can be combined with an infinitive to express what someone is seen or heard to be doing.

Question 4

Accusative of Extent of Space

Answer 4

the accusative is used to describe the extent of something, or how long something is.

e.g. “Gladius duos pedes longus est.”

Question 5

Accusative in expression of time and space

Answer 5

denotes the length of time

or the length of space, how much of something.

Question 6

Accusative of exclamation

Answer 6

exclaims in general about people or things. Exclaiming in general, as oppose to about the specific group of people of things right before, it is accusative as oppose to ablative.