Accusative
ACCUSATIVE (Lat. accusativus, sc. casus, a translation of the Gr. aitiatike ptosis, the case concerned with cause and effect, from aiti'a, a cause), in grammar, a case of the noun, denoting primarily the object of verbal action or the destination of motion.
Note - this article incorporates content from Encyclopaedia Britannica, Eleventh Edition, (1910-1911)
