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——:——;§ 107 SYNTAX.—GENITIVE. 225nominative or accusative ;and, when in the accusative, are not dependenton a preposition.340.— Obs. 9. Most of these adjectives may have their substantiveawith which they agree ; but the more common construction is with thegenitive; as, tantum spei, " so much hope;" quid mulieris? "what kindof a 'woman?"aliquid formce ; quid hoc rei est? And sometimes thegenitive after these neuters is the genitive of an adjective used as a substantive;as, aliquid novi, tantum boni, Ac.34/.— Ohs. 10. Quod and quicquid, followed by a genitive, includethe idea of universality; as, quod agri, " what of land," i. e. "all the land ;"quicquid civium, "whatever of citizens," i. e. "all the citizens;" quicquiddeorum, " all the gods."348. Obs. 11. Opus and iisus, signifying " need," sometimes governthe genitive; as, Argenti opus fuit, " There was need of money" Liv.P rocemii non semper u&u* est, " There is not always need of an introduction."Quinct. In general, these words govern the ablative. 456§ 107. GENITIVE GOVERNED BY ADJECTIVES.349. Rule IX. Verbal adjectives, or such, asimply an operation of mind, govern the genitiveas,Avulus glorice,Ignarus fraudis,Jlemor benefciorum,Desirous of glory.Ignorant of fraud.Mindful of favors.350.—EXPLANATION.—The genitive in this construction, as in § 106,is used to limit the application of the general term or adjective by which it isgoverned, and may be rendered by of, or, in respect of, prefixed ; thus, in thefirst example, avidus expresses the possession of desire generally ; the genitivegloria: limits it to a certain object, " glory;" and so of the other examples.OBSERVATIONS.351.— Obs. 1. Adjectives governing the genitive under thisrule, are1st. Verbals in AX; as, capax, edax, ferax, fugax, pervicax, tenax,