Accusative of Place to Which

The accusative without a preposition is used to express the place to which the action of the (motion) verb is taking place. It only is used, however, in the case of the names of cities, towns and domus. This is an adverbial accusative use that does not require a preposition in Latin. Here are some examples:

Roman festinaverunt, "they hurried to Rome"

domum redierunt, "they returned (to) home"

countries and districts do, however, require a preposition:

ad Italiam navigavit, "he sailed to Italy"

See the Related Topics for more expressions of place.

Other Accusative Uses

Accusative as Direct Object
Accusative of Duration of Time
Accusative of Place to Which

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