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accusative (n.)[accusative 词源字典]: grammatical case whose primary function is to express destination or goal of motion, mid-15c., from Anglo-French accusatif, Old French acusatif, or directly from Latin (casus) accusativus "(case) of accusing," from accusatus, past participle of accusare (see accuse).

Translating Greek ptosis aitiatike "case of that which is caused," on similarity of Greek aitiasthai "accuse." Greek aitia is the root of both, and means both "cause" and "accusation," hence the confusion of the Romans. A more correct translation would have been casus causativus. Typically the case of the direct object, but also sometimes denoting "motion towards." Nouns and adjectives in French, Spanish, and Italian, languages from which English has borrowed heavily, generally were formed from the accusative case of a Latin word.[accusative etymology, accusative origin, 英语词源]
causative (adj.): early 15c. (as a noun), from French causatif, from Latin causativus, from causa (see cause (n.)).
ipsative: "Designating or involving a measurement or scale calculated relative to a person's own performance or responses, rather than those of others", 1940s. From classical Latin ipse ipse + -ative, after normative.
accusatively: " Grammar . In the form or manner of an accusative", Mid 18th cent.; earliest use found in Erasmus' Familiar Forms Speaking. From accusative + -ly.
adversative: "(Of a word or phrase) expressing opposition or antithesis", Late Middle English: from French adversatif, -ive or late Latin adversativus, from Latin adversari 'oppose', from adversus (see adverse).
adversatively: "In an adversative manner; so as to express opposition", Late 16th cent.; earliest use found in Arthur Golding (d. 1606), translator. From adversative + -ly, after post-classical Latin adversative.