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—:P§ 113 SYNTAX.—DATIYE. 23741 2.— Obs. 2. Some verbs are used both personally Lnd impersonallyas, dol'eo, " I grieve ;" dolet mihi, ; 'it grieves me," i. e. " I grieve. So alsoverbs commonly used impersonally sometimes have a subject in thenominative, and are, of course, used personally. This is the case especiallywith such nominatives as these id, hoc, ill ud, quid, quod, nihil, &c. ; as,Non u.e h a c Lc piident ? " Are you not ashamed of these tilings413.— Obs. 3. An infinitive mood or part of a sentence is commonlyjoined to an impersonal verb, which, in fact, may be regarded as its subject ; as, delectat me studere, "it delights me to study,'' i.e. "to studydelightsme" 307 and 662.414.— Obs 4. The dative after impersonate is sometimes understoodas,facial quod hbet (sc.sibi)415.—Exc. I. Refert ard Interest govern theg v enitive ;as,Refert patris,Interest omnium,It concerns my father.It is the int^est of all416.—But, instead of the genit : ^e? mei, tm,sui, &c., the possessives ruea, tua, sua, nostra,vestra, are used; as,Non mea refert,It does not concern me.417.— Obs. 5. The case and construction of these possessives are inmuch doubt. Some regard them as the accusative plural neuter agreeingwith negotia or commbda governed by ad; as, non {ad negotia) mea refert.But as the final a, in this construction, is found in Terence to be long,others consider it in the ablative singular, feminine, agreeing with re orcausa governed by in; as, in mea re non refert; while others suppose thatmea, tud, £c, are abbreviations from meam, tuam,