Accusative Case

The accusative case marks the direct object—what receives the action of the verb. In "The dog bites the man," "the man" is accusative (receiving the biting).

Other uses of the accusative: • Extent of time or space: "for three days," "ten stadia" • Motion toward: with prepositions like εἰς, πρός • Subject of infinitive: in indirect statement constructions • Adverbial accusative: τί; ("why?"), οὐδέν ("not at all")

Common accusative endings: • First declension: -αν, -ην • Second declension: -ον • Third declension: -α or -ν (or same as nominative for neuters)