Latin A-Level
Accidence
What Accidence means in Latin A-Level, as defined for OCR.
Definition of Accidence
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Reference: OCR
Word forms such as noun cases, verb tenses, moods and voices, which you identify by naming the part of speech, case, number, gender, tense, mood or voice as the question requires.
Topics that use Accidence
- 2c. Content of Unseen Translation (H443/01) (OCR A-Level)
Related terms
- Appendix 5d constructions
- Clause structure and subordination
- Dactylic hexameter
- Deploying grammar
- Elimination of options
- Morphology of nouns, adjectives and verbs
- Syllable quantity
- Syntax
Using Accidence in the exam
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