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|lshtext=<b>ac-cūso</b>: (also [[with]] ss; cf. Cassiod. 2283 P.), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. fr. [[causa]]; cf. [[cludo]] [[with]] [[claudo]], orig. = ad causam provocare,<br /><b>I</b> to [[call]] one to [[account]], to [[make]] [[complaint]] [[against]], to [[reproach]], [[blame]].<br /><b>I</b> In gen., of persons: si id non me accusas, tu [[ipse]] objurgandus es, if [[you]] do not [[call]] me to [[account]] for it, [[you]] [[yourself]] [[deserve]] to be reprimanded, Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 59: [[quid]] me accusas? id. As. 1, 3, 21: meretricem hanc [[primum]] adeundam [[censeo]], oremus, accusemus gravius, [[denique]] minitemur, we [[must]] [[entreat]], [[severely]] [[chide]], and [[finally]] [[threaten]] her, Ter. Hec. 4, 4, 94 sq.: [[ambo]] accusandi, [[you]] [[both]] [[deserve]] [[reproach]], id. Heaut. 1, 1, 67: cotidie accusabam, I [[daily]] took him to [[task]], id. ib. 1, 1, 50: me accusas cum hunc casum tam [[graviter]] feram, Cic. Att. 3, 13; id. Fam. 1, 1 Manut.: me [[tibi]] [[excuso]] in eo ipso, in quo te [[accuso]], id. Q. Fr. 2, 2: ut me accusare de epistularum [[neglegentia]] possis, [[that]] [[you]] [[may]] [[blame]] me for my [[tardiness]] in [[writing]], id. Att. 1, 6. —Also metaph. of things, to [[blame]], [[find]] [[fault]] [[with]]: alicujus desperationem, Cic. Fam. 6, 1: inertiam adolescentium, id. de Or. 1, 58 (cf. incusare, Tac. H. 4, 42); [[hence]] also: culpam alicujus, to [[lay]] the [[fault]] on one, Cic. Planc. 4, 9; cf. id. Sest. 38, 80; id. Lig. 1, 2; id. Cael. 12, 29.—Hence,<br /><b>II</b> Esp.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Transferred to [[civil]] [[life]], to [[call]] one to [[account]] [[publicly]] (ad causam publicam, or [[publice]] dicendam provocare), to [[accuse]], to [[inform]] [[against]], [[arraign]], [[indict]] ([[while]] incusare [[means]] to [[involve]] or [[entangle]] one in a [[cause]]); t. t. in Roman [[judicial]] lang.; constr. [[with]] aliquem alicujus rei ([[like]] κατηγορεῖν, cf. Prisc. 1187 P.): accusant ii, qui in fortunas hujus invaserunt, causam dicit is, cui [[nihil]] reliquerunt, Cic. Rosc. Am. 5: [[numquam]], si se ambitu commaculasset, [[ambitus]] alterum accusaret, id. Cael. 7: ne [[quis]] [[ante]] actarum rerum accusaretur, [[that]] no one should be called to [[account]] for [[previous]] offences, Nep. Thras. 3, 2; Milt. 1, 7. Other rarer constructions are: aliquem aliquid ([[only]] [[with]] id, illud, [[quod]]), Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 59; cf. Ter. Ph. 5, 8, 21: [[aliquo]] crimine, Cic. Verr. 1, 16; Nep. Milt. 8; id. Lys. 3, 4; id. Ep. 1 al.: de pecuniis repetundis, Cic. Clu. 41, 114; cf.: de veneficiis, id. Rosc. Am. 32, 90: [[inter]] sicarios, id. ib. 32; cf. Zumpt, § 446; Rudd. 2, 165 sq.; 169, [[note]] 4.—The [[punishment]] [[that]] is [[implied]] in the [[accusation]] is [[put]] in gen.: capitis, to [[accuse]] one of a [[capital]] [[crime]], Nep. Paus. 2, 6; cf. Zumpt, § 447. —<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> [[Casus]] accusandi, the [[fourth]] [[case]] in [[grammar]], the accusative [[case]], Var. L. L. 8, § 66 Müll.; v. [[accusativus]].

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|georg=ac-cūso (accusso), āvī, ātum, āre (ad u. [[causa]]), [[gegen]] jmd. eine [[Klage]] [[oder]] [[Beschwerde]] [[wegen]] [[etwas]] [[anbringen]], jmd. [[anschuldigen]], [[anklagen]], – I) im allg., [[über]] jmd. od. [[etwas]] [[sich]] [[beschweren]], [[sich]] [[beklagen]], [[sich]] [[aufhalten]], jmdm. [[wegen]] [[etwas]] Vorwürfe [[machen]], ihn [[ausschelten]], [[tadeln]] (Ggstz. excusare, expurgare, laudare), alqm liberius, Cic.: alqm [[aspere]] et [[acerbe]] in senatu, Cic.: alqm [[graviter]], gravissime, Cic.: deos hominesque, Liv.: regem temeritatis, consulem segnitiae, Liv. 31, 38, 1: alqm de epistularum [[neglegentia]], Cic.: in [[quo]] te [[accuso]], Cic.: alcis avaritiam perfidiamque, Nep.: inertiam adulescentium, Cic.: superbiam alcis, Cic. – m. folg. [[quod]] ([[weil]], daß), zB. alqm in [[epistula]] [[quadam]], [[quod]] m. Konjunktiv, Cic. – m. folg. [[cur]], zB. [[quod]] me [[saepe]] accusas, [[cur]] [[hunc]] [[meum]] casum [[tam]] [[graviter]] feram, debes ignoscere etc., Cic.: [[qua]] in re [[primum]] [[illud]] [[reprehendo]] et [[accuso]], [[cur]] in re [[tam]] vetere [[quicquam]] [[novi]] feceris, Cic. – II) [[als]] gerichtl. t.t., jmd. [[vor]] dem [[Richter]] [[peinlich]] (in Kriminalsachen) [[anklagen]] (Ggstz. alqm defendere, jmd. [[verteidigen]], u. causam dicere, [[sich]] [[verteidigen]], u. alqm damnare, jmd. [[verurteilen]]), absol., [[sed]] aliud est maledicere, aliud accusare, Cic.: acc. diligentissime laboriosissimeque, Cic.: acc. [[falso]], Ps. Quint. decl. – m. Acc. pers., alqm, Cic.: alqm [[violenter]], Liv.: alqm ad populum (v. den Tribunen), Liv.: alqm [[suis]] certis propriisque criminibus, Cic.: alqm crimine invidiae, [[durch]] eine aus [[Haß]] hervorgegangene [[Beschuldigung]] = [[durch]] eine gehässige B., Nep.: [[aber]] alqm crimine incesti, [[durch]] die B. der usw., Val. Max.: alqm [[falso]] crimine, Ov.: accusati sunt [[uno]] nomine consulares, [[unter]] einem u. demselben [[Vorwand]] (um [[einer]] u. derselben [[Sache]] [[willen]]), Cic. – m. dopp. Acc., [[quae]] ([[weshalb]]) hi accusant me, Vulg. act. apost. 25, 11. – m. Genet. [[des]] Verbrechens, alqm [[ambitus]], Cic.: alqm proditionis, [[ante]] actarum rerum, Nep.: alqm [[apud]] C. Sacerdotem praetorem [[rei]] [[capitalis]], Cic.: alqm dementiae [[quasi]] [[iam]] per aetatem desipiat, Apul. apol. 37. – od. m. de u. Abl. [[des]] Verbrechens, alqm de veneficiis, Cic.: accusat de crimine Orestem, Orest. tr. 886: m. [[propter]] u. Akk. [[des]] Verbrechens, alqm [[propter]] iniurias, Cic. – od. m. [[inter]] u. Akk. der [[Verbrecher]], alqm [[inter]] sicarios, [[als]] [[Meuchelmörder]], Cic. – [[auch]] m. Genet. der [[Strafe]], [[auf]] die der [[Kläger]] anträgt, alqm capitis, [[auf]] [[Leib]] u. [[Leben]], Cic. – acc. alqm [[mit]] folg. [[quod]] ([[weil]], daß), Nep. u.a. – m. folg. Acc. u. Infinit., [[gegen]] jmd. die [[Anklage]] [[erheben]], daß usw., Tac. ann. 14, 18: u. [[accusatus]] m. Nom. u. Infinit., Tac. ann. 4, 22 extr. – / [[casus]] accusandi, der [[vierte]] [[Fall]], [[Akkusativ]], Varr. LL. 8, 66. – Über die [[Schreibung]] accusso s. [[Cassiod]]. gramm. (VII) 149, 13. Osann zu Cic. de rep. 1, 6.

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