The Acc. of the thing is kept in the Passive.
| Rem mē cēlāvĭt | He hid the matter from me. |
| Pōscĕ dĕōs vĕnĭam | Ask pardon of the gods. |
| Pōscĭmur vĕnĭam | We are asked for pardon. |
§ 307. Rare or Poetical Usages.—(1) The Acc. of Neuter Adjectives (both Sing, and Plur.) is used freely by the poets in place of an Adverb: perfĭdum ridēns smiling treacherously, vānă tŭmens swelling idly. This is an Ace. of Extent, § 132.
(2) The Acc. of Extent is also used of the Part Concerned, when Prose uses the Abl.: trĕmĭt artūs he trembles in-his-joints, Crēssă gĕnŭs Cretan as to her race (of Cretan race). [In prose, partem with an Adj.: maxĭmam partem lactĕ vīvunt for the chief part they live on milk.] Poets use this Ace. very frequently with the Passive, e.g.: mentem formīdĭne pressus with his mind crushed by fear.
☞This Acc. is to be distinguished from another one which is found with Passive Verbs, used in a Reflexive sense, e.g. ĭnūtĭlĕ ferrum cingĭtŭr he girds on his useless sword, where cingĭtur is virtually equal to sĭbĭ cingĭt; iniplexae crīnĭbŭs anguēs having snakes twined in their hair.
Dative.
§ 308. Dative of Indirect Object.—(1) This Dat. is to be used wherever to can be inserted with a Noun in English without altering the sense, as I give you this (or to you) hōc tĭbĭ dō. (2) The chief Verbs which take it are given in the following lines:
Command, obey, oppose, or aid.
Spare, threaten, pardon, and persuade.
Take Datives. Add give, tell and show,
Please, envy, harm, displease, and owe,
Heal, counsel, nūbō, stŭdĕŏ,
Yield, trust, permit, indulgĕŏ[1]
For a fuller list see § 453.
(3) Many Verbs take a Dative when compounded with
ăd, antĕ, cŏn, ĭn, intĕr, dē,
sŭb, sŭpĕr, ŏb, prae, post, and re.
| Mortem mĭhĭ mănātŭr | He threatens me with death. |
| Hōc ĕī persuāsi | I persuaded him of this. |
