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238 SYNTAX.— DATIVE. § 114tlie immediate, with <strong>the</strong> genitive <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> remoteobject;as,Miseret me tui,Pasmtet me peccati,Tcedet me vitce,Ptickt me culpce,I pity you.I repent <strong>of</strong> my sin.I am weary <strong>of</strong> life.I am ashamed <strong>of</strong> my fault.420.—EXPLANATION.—<strong>The</strong>se examples may be rendered literallythus: "It grieves me on account <strong>of</strong> you," i. e. ergo, or causa tui\— "It"It wearies me <strong>of</strong> life;"— "It shames me <strong>of</strong> myrepents me <strong>of</strong> my sin; 1 '—fault."—For <strong>the</strong> method <strong>of</strong> rendering impersonal verbs in a personal form, asin <strong>the</strong> above examples, see 223-6.421.— Obs. 7. <strong>The</strong> infinitive mood or part <strong>of</strong> a sentence may supply<strong>the</strong> place <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> genitive ; as, pcenitet me peccdsse, or quod peccavcrint.Non pcenitet me quantum pr<strong>of</strong>ecerim. Mis&ret is found with anaccusative instead <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> genitive ; as, Menedemi vie em miseret vie.<strong>The</strong> accusative <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> immediate object is sometimes omitted ; as, Scelerumsi bene pcenitet (scil. n o s). Hor.422.— Obs. 8. <strong>The</strong> preterites <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>se verbs, in <strong>the</strong> passive form, govern<strong>the</strong> same cases as <strong>the</strong> active ; as, Miser itum est me tudrum fortunarum.Ter. Miserescit and miseretur are sometimes used impersonally; as, Miserescit me tui. Ter. Misereatur te fr at rum Neque\m e tui , neque tudrum liber or um misereri potest. Cic.423.—Exo. III. Decet, delected, juvat, and opor>tet, govern <strong>the</strong> accusative <strong>of</strong> a person with <strong>the</strong>infinitive ;as,Delectat me studere,It delights me to study.JYon decet te rixdri, It does not become you to scold424. Obs. 9. <strong>The</strong>se verbs are sometimes used personally; as, Parvumparva decent. Hor. Decet sometimes governs <strong>the</strong> dative; as, Itanobis decet. Ter.425.— Obs. 10. Oportct, instead <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> infinitive, elegantly takes <strong>the</strong>subjunctive with nt, " that," understood ; as, tiibi (u t) quisque consul atoportct. Cic. When followed by <strong>the</strong> perfect participle, esse or fuisse isin; derstood, which, being supplied, makes <strong>the</strong> perfect infinitive.426. Obs. 11. Fallit, fuc/it, prwterit, Icltet, when used impersonally,are construed with <strong>the</strong> accusative and infinitive; as,fugit me ad te scribe r e .Cic.—§ 114. VERBS GOVERNING TWO DATIVES.Rule XIX. <strong>The</strong> verbs sum, do, kabeo,427.and some o<strong>the</strong>rs, with <strong>the</strong> dative <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> object,

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