Editing Lucius Accius (section)

==As a grammarian==
Accius also attempted to introduce innovations in Latin [[orthography]] and [[grammar]], most of which were attempts to change written Latin to more faithfully reproduce its actual pronunciation.  Few of these caught on,<ref name="OCD"/> although his preference against giving Greek names Latin endings had quite a few supporters, particularly [[Marcus Terentius Varro|Varro]], who dedicated his ''De antiquitate litterarum'' to Accius.<ref>[[Marcus Terentius Varro|Varro]], ''De lingua Latina'' 10.70</ref>

A spelling convention of writing long vowels double (such as ''aa'' for long ''ā'') is also associated with him and is found in texts concurrent with his lifetime.<ref>{{cite book| last =Allen| first =W. Sidney| author-link =W._Sidney_Allen| title =Vox Latina: a Guide to the Pronunciation of Classical Latin| publisher =Cambridge University Press| edition =2nd| date =1978| pages =64| language =English| isbn =0521379369}}</ref>