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- noun Plural form of
accusative .
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"Also, what precedent is there in Etruscan for unmarked accusatives?"
Contradictions with authors' accounts of Etruscan word Rasna 2009
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Also, what precedent is there in Etruscan for unmarked accusatives?
Contradictions with authors' accounts of Etruscan word Rasna 2009
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Then, I suddenly realize, oh, right, because accusatives butt in front of genitives on this side of the pond!
Archive 2006-11-01 2006
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Then, I suddenly realize, oh, right, because accusatives butt in front of genitives on this side of the pond!
NaBloPoMo! And more. 2006
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The accusatives of such nouns are of the same form as the nominative.
The Last Poems of Ovid 43 BC-18? Ovid
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[407] _Admonere_ is here construed in an unusual manner with two accusatives, one of the person, and the other of the thing, the latter being expressed by a substantive; for the neuter of a pronoun in the accusative is not uncommon -- as _hoc, id, illud te admoneo_.
C. Sallusti Crispi De Bello Catilinario Et Jugurthino 86 BC-34? BC Sallust
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Both Devan and Brahman are accusatives governed by Avamanya.
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 Kisari Mohan [Translator] Ganguli
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_Me_ in this sentence is accompanied by two accusatives in apposition, first
C. Sallusti Crispi De Bello Catilinario Et Jugurthino 86 BC-34? BC Sallust
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The commentator explains that the accusatives in the first line of verse 5 governed by hareyam in the previous verse.
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 Kisari Mohan [Translator] Ganguli
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In classical Latin poetry, Greek nouns of the third declension with plural nominatives in _ [Greek: - es] _ and plural accusatives in _ [Greek: - as] _ retained these endings.
The Last Poems of Ovid 43 BC-18? Ovid
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