accuso

accuso, to call to account, make complaint against, reproach, blame, accuse

ac-cūso (also with ss; cf. Cassiod. 2283 P.), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [fr. causa; cf. cludo with claudo], orig. = ad causam provocare, to call one to account, to make complaint against, to reproach, blame.

I 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 (97): quid me accusas? id. As. 1, 3, 21 (173): meretricem hanc primum adeundam censeo, oremus, accusemus gravius, denique minitemur, we must entreat, severely chide, and finally threaten her, Ter. Hec. 716 sq.: ambo accusandi, you both deserve reproach, id. Heaut. 119: cotidie accusabam, I daily took him to task, id. ib. 102: 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, 246 (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,
II Esp.
- A 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 (97); cf. Ter. Phorm. 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. —
- B Casus accusandi, the fourth case in grammar, the accusative case, Var. L. L. 8, § 66 Müll.; v. accusativus.

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.

accūsō, (7) āvī, ātum, āre (ad, causa), tr., mettre en cause, porter plainte [contre], accuser : ¶ 1 accuser en justice, intenter une accusation ; [abs^t ] être accusateur : finem accusandi facere Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 183, cesser de jouer le rôle dʼaccusateur, cf. Cæcil. 32 ; 54, etc. || [avec acc.] aliquem Cic. Clu. 108, etc., accuser qqn, intenter une accusation à qqn (contre qqn) || [avec gén. du crime dont on accuse] : ambitus Cic. Clu. 114, accuser de brigue ; pecuniæ captæ Liv. 38, 51, 2, de vénalité [dʼavoir reçu de lʼargent] || [avec de ] : de pecuniis repetundis Cic. Clu. 114, accuser de concussion || [avec propter ] à cause de : Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 118 || [avec inter ] inter sicarios Cic. Amer. 90, accuser (comme faisant partie dʼassassins) dʼassassinat || [avec in et abl. de res ou dʼun pronom neutre] accuser à propos dʼune chose : Cic. Font. 2 ; Sulla 63 ; Verr. 2, 3, 206 || [avec ob, à cause de] : Sen. Rhet. Contr. 2, 3, 12 ; 2, 4, 7 || [avec quod et subj.] : aliquem, quod fecerit Nep. Them. 8, 2, accuser qqn dʼavoir fait || [avec prop. infin.] : violatum ab eo thesaurum Æsculapii Tac. Ann. 14, 18, porter lʼaccusation quʼil avait violé le trésor dʼEsculape ; [avec inf.] : accusata injecisse... Tac. Ann. 4, 22, accusée dʼavoir provoqué.. || [avec le gén. de la peine encourue, dans lʼexpr. accusare aliquem capitis, intenter à qqn une accusation capitale] : Cic. Opt. 21 ; Fin. 2, 27 ; Nep. Paus. 2, 6 || [avec lʼabl. crimine ou criminibus ] accuser qqn au moyen de tel ou tel chef dʼaccusation, invoquer contre qqn tel ou tel grief : Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 43 ; 5, 117 ; Clu. 59 ; crimine veneni accusatus Cic. Clu. 105, objet dʼune accusation dʼempoisonnement ¶ 2 accuser [en gén.], incriminer : Cic. Sest. 12 ; 132 ; Tusc. 3, 69, etc. || aliquid, incriminer qqch., faire le procès dʼune chose, la blâmer : Cic. CM 13 ; Tusc. 4, 75 ; inertiam adulescentium Cic. de Or. 1, 246, adresser aux jeunes gens le reproche de paresse || aliquem quod [subj.] reprocher à qqn de... Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 17 ; 5, 102 || [avec cur ] : quod me sæpe accusas, cur... feram Cic. Att. 3, 13, 3, quant au reproche que tu me fais souvent, demandant pourquoi je supporte... ; Verr. 2, 3, 16.

…praeerat, quem vergobretum appellant Haedui, qui creatur annuus et vitae necisque in suos habet potestatem, graviter eos accusat, quod, cum neque emi neque ex agris sumi possit, tam necessario tempore, tam propinquis hostibus ab…

Julius Caesar, Gallic War
…, quod ea omnia non modo iniussu suo et civitatis sed etiam inscientibus ipsis fecisset, quod a magistratu Haeduorum accusaretur, satis esse causae arbitrabatur quare in eum aut ipse animadverteret aut civitatem animadvertere iuberet. His omnibus rebus unum…

Julius Caesar, Gallic War
…est talis qualis esse omnis oportebat, qui in hoc ipso in quo exsultat et triumphat oratio mea me vehementer accuset, quod tam capitalem hostem non comprehenderim potius quam emiserim, non est ista mea culpa, Quirites, sed…

Cicero, in Catilinam
…dolens eius casum requirere coepit, quem exitum tantis malis sperarent. Postquam illos videt queri de avaritia magistratuum, accusare senatum, quod in eo auxili nihil esset, miseriis suis remedium mortem exspectare At ego, inquit, vobis…

Sallust, Catilina
…; Haec verba una mehercle falsa lacrimula, Quam oculos terendo misere vix vi expresserit, Restinguet et te ultro accusabit et dabis Ei ultro supplicium. O indignum facinus nunc ego et Illam scelestam esse et me miserum sentio ;…

Terence, Eunuchus
…petissent, aut ego, qui me ad defendendos homines ab ineunte adulescentia dedissem, tempore atque officio coactus ad accusandum traducerer. dicebam habere eos actorem Q. Caecilium, qui praesertim quaestor in eadem provincia post me quaestorem fuisset…

Cicero, Divinatio in Q. Caecilium
…aedilitatem petat ego vero et aetatis non modo meae sed multo etiam superioris, et honoris amplissimi puto esse et accusare improbos et miseros calamitososque defendere. et profecto aut hoc remedium est aegrotae ac prope desperatae rei publicae iudiciisque corruptis…

Cicero, Divinatio in Q. Caecilium
…percussit locum ; male dic Titio, Sabino homini Reatino, cur tam temere exclamarit occisum. ipsum vero quid accusas num defuit gladiis num repugnavit num, ut gladiatoribus imperari solet, ferrum non recepit an haec ipsa vis est…

Cicero, pro Sestio
…florentissimo viro, M. Catoni, incumbenti ad eius perniciem populus Romanus eripuit semper in hac civitate nimis magnis accusatorum opibus et populus universus et sapientes ac multum in posterum prospicientes iudices restiterunt. nolo accusator in iudicium potentiam adferat…

Cicero, pro Murena
…et P. Clodium in iudicium bis, ad vim numquam vocavit. quid privato Milone et reo ad populum accusante P. Clodio, cum in Cn. Pompeium pro Milone dicentem impetus factus est, quae tum non modo…

Cicero, pro Milone

accuso

Saved

Recent