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—;—:;232 SYNTAX.—DATIVE. § Hifulness intended to a particular object, "war." The dative, thus used isrendered by its ordinary signs to orfor, but sometimes by other prepositions,or without a preposition, as in the last example.OBSERVATIONS.384.— Obs. 1. To this rule belong adjectives signifying1st.Profit, or disprofit; as, benignus, bonus, commodus, felix ;— damndsus,dirus, exitiosus. funestus, (fee.2d. Pleasure, or pain ; as, acceptus, dulcis, grains, jucundus, Icetus, suavls—;acerbus, amdrus, ingrdtus, molestus, (fee.3d. Friendship, or hatred; as, cequus, amicus, blandus, cams, deditus,f idics ;— adversus, asper, crudelis, infestus, (fee.4th. Perspicuity, or obscurity ; as, apertus, certus, compertus, conspicuus,notus ;— ambiguus, dubius, ignotus, obscicrus, (fee.5th. Propinquity ; as, finitimus, propior, proximus, propinquus, socius,viclnus, afflnis, (fee.6th. Fitness, or unfitness ; as, aptus, appositus, habilis, idoneus, opporiunus— ineptus, inhabilis, importunus, (fee.'/tin. Ease, or difficulty ; a&,facilis, levis, obvius, pervius ;— difficilis, arduus^gravis. Also those denoting propensity or readiness ; as, pro?iuslprocllvis, propensus, (fee.8th. Equality, or inequality ; likeness, or unlikeness ; as, ceqiwlis, cequosvus,par, compar ;— incequdlis, impar, dispar, discors ;— similis,cemulus — dissimilis, alienus, d:c.9th. Several adjectives compounded with CON; as, cogndtus, c^ngruus,cousonus, co?ive?iiens, continens, (fee.10th. Verbal adjectives in BILIS ; as, amabilis, terribilis, optabil'% andthe like.38o.— Obs. 2. Exc. The following adjectives have sometimes thedative after them, and sometimes the genitive : viz: afflnis, shmlis, commanis, par, proprius, finitrmus, fldus, conterminus, superstes, conscius,ccqudlis, contrarius, and adversus ; as, similis tibi, or tui.Conscius and some other adjectives, govern the dative according to thisrule, and, at the same time, a genitive by Rule IX.; as, Mens sibi cons*iarecti, " a mind conscious to itself of rectitude." Virg.386. Obs. 3. Adjectives signif.ing motion or tendency to a thing,take after them the accusative with ad. rather than the dative ; as, procllvus,pronus, pjropensus, velox, celer, tardus, piger, (fee. ; thus, Plger adprtnas. Ovid.bS — t Obs. 4. Adjectives signifying usefulness or fitness, and the contrary,often take the accusative with ad; as, utilis ad nullam rem, " goodfor nothing."088 Obs. 5. Propior and proximus take after them sometimes thegenitive, sometimes the dative, or the accusative governed by ad understood; as, propior caliglnis an' ; propius vcro ; proximus (ad) Pompcium.o89Obs. 6. Some adjectives that govern the dative, sometimes,