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accidens

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Etymology edit

Latin [Term?]

Noun edit

accidens (plural accidentia)

  1. (logic) Synonym of accident (“a property, fact, or relation that is the result of chance or is nonessential or nonsubstantive”)
    • 1886, Prasanna K. Roy, A Text-book of Deductive Logic: For the Use of Students, page 83:
      An Accidens (or accident) of an individual, genus, or species is any attribute which is possessed by it, and which does not follow from, or form a part of, its comprehension. […] If, on the other hand, an accidens is sometimes present and sometimes absent in an individual, […]
    • 1896, James Welton, A Manual of Logic, volume 1, page 86:
      But, where there is no apparent reason why the attribute should always be found in the individuals of a class, it is called an Accidens.

Related terms edit

  • accidens

Latin edit

Etymology 1 edit

Present active participle of accidō (“fall down or upon; happen”).

Pronunciation edit

Participle edit

accidēns (genitive accidentis); third-declension one-termination participle

  1. falling down, upon, at or near, descending
  2. happening (to), taking place, occurring, befalling
Declension edit

Third-declension participle.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masc./Fem. Neuter Masc./Fem. Neuter
Nominative accidēns accidentēs accidentia
Genitive accidentis accidentium
Dative accidentī accidentibus
Accusative accidentem accidēns accidentēs
accidentīs 		accidentia
Ablative accidente
accidentī1 		accidentibus
Vocative accidēns accidentēs accidentia

1When used purely as an adjective.

Noun edit

accidēns n (genitive accidentis); third declension

  1. 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.
Declension edit

Third-declension noun (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 edit

Etymology 2 edit

Form of the verb accīdō (“fell, cut down; use up; impair”).

Pronunciation edit

Participle edit

accīdēns (genitive accīdentis); third-declension one-termination participle

  1. using up, consuming, diminishing
  2. impairing, weakening, shattering
Declension edit

Third-declension participle.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masc./Fem. Neuter Masc./Fem. Neuter
Nominative accīdēns accīdentēs accīdentia
Genitive accīdentis accīdentium
Dative accīdentī accīdentibus
Accusative accīdentem accīdēns accīdentēs
accīdentīs 		accīdentia
Ablative accīdente
accīdentī1 		accīdentibus
Vocative accīdēns accīdentēs accīdentia

1When used purely as an adjective.

References edit

  • “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.

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Noun edit

accidens m

  1. plural of accident
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