The accusative absolute is a participle of impersonal verbs (those not having a noun or pronoun as a subject) at the beginning of a sentence, These phrases provide more information about the relative timing of the participle and verb. The present participle is used with simultaneous actions ("during," "while"). The aorist participle is used with preceding actions ("when" and "after'"). The perfect participle indicates actions continuing from the past to the present. The future is less common, generally found after the particle ὡς (hōs) "in view of the fact that" or "on the grounds that.
An Adverbial Accusative when an accusative adjective is used to quantify (or limit) the action of a verb. An adverbial accusative may be used to express a limitation by indicating: measure, distance, the time, the manner , a reference point. "how much," "how," "when," etc. A direct object without a verb or preposition acts as an adverb describing the verb's action.
A false double accusative assumes an "is" between the two words. The second acts a a predicate to the first, that is, something affirmed or denied.
A true double accusative has two objects to the verb. This is limited to verbs of:
- teaching, reminding
- clothing, anointing
- inquiring, asking
- other types of causative ideas