accidens
Latin
Etymology 1
Present active participle of accidō (“fall down or upon; happen”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈak.ki.dens/, [ˈak.kɪ.dẽːs]
Participle
accidēns m, f, n (genitive accidentis); third declension
- falling down, upon, at or near, descending
- happening (to), taking place, occurring, befalling
Declension
Third declension.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
| Nominative | accidēns | accidēns | accidentēs | accidentia | |
| Genitive | accidentis | accidentis | accidentium | accidentium | |
| Dative | accidentī | accidentī | accidentibus | accidentibus | |
| Accusative | accidentem | accidēns | accidentēs, accidentīs | accidentia | |
| Ablative | accidente, accidentī1 | accidente, accidentī1 | accidentibus | accidentibus | |
| Vocative | accidēns | accidēns | accidentēs | accidentia | |
1When used purely as an adjective.
Noun
accidēns n (genitive accidentis); third declension
- accident, circumstance (chance event)
- 1695, Teutsch-Lateinisches WörterBüchlein Zum Nutz und Ergötzung der Schuljugend zusammengetragen, Und mit 6000. darzu dienlichen Bildern gezieret. Deme noch über das eine kurtzgefaste Lateinische Sprach-Übung Und Zimliche Anzahl Auserlesener Sprüche beygefüget. — Dictionariolum germanico-latinum In Usum & delectationem Scholasticae Juventutis concinnatum, & aliquot millibus huic rei inservientibus Iconibus illustratum. Cui insuper accessit, Epitome Grammatices Latinae cum selectarum Sententiarum Farragine., Nuremberg (Nürnberg, Noriberga), p.197:
- Accidentia nominum sunt septem: Species, Figura, Persona, Genus, Declinatio, Numerus, & Casus.
- Accidents of nouns are seven: species, shape/figure, person, gender, declination, number, & case.
- Accidentia nominum sunt septem: Species, Figura, Persona, Genus, Declinatio, Numerus, & Casus.
- 1695, Teutsch-Lateinisches WörterBüchlein Zum Nutz und Ergötzung der Schuljugend zusammengetragen, Und mit 6000. darzu dienlichen Bildern gezieret. Deme noch über das eine kurtzgefaste Lateinische Sprach-Übung Und Zimliche Anzahl Auserlesener Sprüche beygefüget. — Dictionariolum germanico-latinum In Usum & delectationem Scholasticae Juventutis concinnatum, & aliquot millibus huic rei inservientibus Iconibus illustratum. Cui insuper accessit, Epitome Grammatices Latinae cum selectarum Sententiarum Farragine., Nuremberg (Nürnberg, Noriberga), p.197:
Declension
Third declension neuter “pure” i-stem.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | accidēns | accidentia |
| Genitive | accidentis | accidentium |
| Dative | accidentī | accidentibus |
| Accusative | accidēns | accidentia |
| Ablative | accidentī | accidentibus |
| Vocative | accidēns | accidentia |
Descendants
- English: accident
- Dutch: toeval (calque)
- German: Akzidens n, Akzidenz n; Zufall m (calque)
- Portuguese: acidente
Etymology 2
Form of the verb accīdō (“fell, cut down; use up; impair”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /akˈkiː.dens/, [akˈkiː.dẽːs]
Participle
accīdēns m, f, n (genitive accīdentis); third declension
- using up, consuming, diminishing
- impairing, weakening, shattering
Declension
Third declension.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
| Nominative | accīdēns | accīdēns | accīdentēs | accīdentia | |
| Genitive | accīdentis | accīdentis | accīdentium | accīdentium | |
| Dative | accīdentī | accīdentī | accīdentibus | accīdentibus | |
| Accusative | accīdentem | accīdēns | accīdentēs, accīdentīs | accīdentia | |
| Ablative | accīdente, accīdentī1 | accīdente, accīdentī1 | accīdentibus | accīdentibus | |
| Vocative | accīdēns | accīdēns | accīdentēs | accīdentia | |
1When used purely as an adjective.
References
- accidens in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- accidens in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
Middle French
Noun
accidens m
- plural of accident