in the Latin grammar, is the fourth case of nouns, and signifies the relation of the noun on which the action implied in the verb terminates; and hence, in such languages as have cases, these nouns have a particular termination, called accusative: as, Augustus victit Antonium, Augustus vanquished Antony. Here Antonium is the noun, on which the action implied in the verb victit terminates; and, therefore, must have the accusative termination. Ovid, speaking of the palace of the sun, says, Materiem superabat opus, The work surpassed the materials. Here materiem has the accusative termination; because it determines the action of the verb superabat.—In the English language there are no cases, except the genitive; the relation of the noun being shown by the assistance of prepositions, as of, to, from, &c.