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——230 SYNTAX.—DATIVE. § 109373.Eule XIV. Mecordor, memini, reminiscoi\and obliviscor, govern the genitive or accusative;as,Rccordor lectionis, or lectionem,Oblivlscor injur ice, or injur iam, I forget an injury.I remember the lesson.374 #—EXPLANATION.—When these verbs are followed by an accusative,they are considered transitive, and fall under Eule XX. But whena genitive follows them, they are regarded as intransitive ; and the genitivedenotes that in regard to which the memory, &c, is exercised.875.— Obs. 6. These verbs are often construed with an infinitive orsome part of a sentence, instead of the genitive or accusative ; as, Meminividere virginem. Ter.376.— Obs.*l. Recorder and memini, signifying "to remember," aresometimes followed by an ablative with de. Memini, signifying " to makemention of," has a genitive or an ablative with de. Ei venit in mentem,being equivalent to recordatur, has a genitive after it ; as, Ei venit in menternpotesicdis hue.N. B. For the genitive with verbs of accusing, see § 122;with verbs of valuing, § 122, R. XXVIII. ;—with Passive verbs,§ 126 ;—with Impersonal verbs; § 113 ;—with Adverbs, § 135:denoting place, § 130, 548 and 558.377.—§ 109. CONSTRUCTION OF THE DATIVE.1. The Dative is used to express the remote object to which any quality oraction, or any state or condition of things tends, or to which they refer.tendency is usually expressed in English by the words TO or FOR.ThisHence,2. The dative, in Latin, is governed by nouns, adjectives, and verbs ; ordenotes the object to which they refer.'6. A use of the dative of the personal pronouns, common in Greek, andusually called the dative redundant, has also been imitated in Latin.Gr. Gram., 517, Rem. The following are examples: Quo tantum mihidexter ubis? Virg. Fur mihi es. Plaut. Tongilium mihi eduxit. Cic.Ubi nunc nobis deus ille magister ? Virg. Ecce tibi Sebosus. Cic. Suesibi gladio hune jugulo.—But, though the dative thus used is said to beredundant, still it adds something to the meaning or emphasis of the expression,or shows that the person expressed in the dative has some relation to, or participation in, the fact expressed; thus, Fur mihi es, "(Inmy opinion,) you are a thief."See