(grammar): In English and other modern languages, thecase used to mark the immediateobject (direct object) on which thetransitive verb acts. In Latin grammar, the accusative case (cāsus accūsātīvus) includes functions derived from the Indo-Europeanaccusative andlative cases; said Lative Case expresses concepts similar to those of the English prepositions"to" and"towards".
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