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—'.;§ 114 SYNTAX.—DATIVE. 239govern also the dative of the end, or design;as,,'., rr, .j. 7 .... ( It is to me for a pleasure, i. e.1. iLst mini voluptati. < Tr•,, .r(It is, o?* brings, a pleasure to me.2. £Toc mlsit mild muneri, This he sent as a present to me.„ -v ., 7 _ . .„,It is reckoned to you for an honor, i. e.3. Ducitur honori tioi, f T4 . i j i i.( It is reckoned an honor to you.428.—EXPLANATION.—In these examples, it is manifest that thewords voluptati, honori, and muneri, each express the end or design for whichthe thing spoken of, or referred to, is, is reckoned, is sent, to the object expressedby the other datives, mild and tibi. See also 431.The verb sum, with the dative of the end, may be variously rendered, accordingto the sense, by such words as, brings, affords, serves, &c. For, thesign of the dative, is often omitted, especially after sum.429.OBSERVATIONS.Obs. 1. Verbs governing two datives under this rule, are chiefly,sum, fore, Jio, Iiabeo, do, verto, relinquo, tribuo, duco ; and a few others.430.— Gbs. 2. Instead of the dative of the end, the nominative afterest, cfeet, or the accusative in apposition with the object of the precedingverb, expresses the same thing ; as, Amor est exitium pecori, for exilioSe Achilli com it em esse datum dlcit, fov comiti. In the first example,exitium is the nominative after est, by Rule V. In the second, comitem isin apposition with se, by Rule L431.— Obs. 3. Intransitive verbs, such as sum, fore, fio, eo, curro, proficixcor,venio, cedo, suppedlto, are followed by two datives, as in the firstexample ; transitive verbs in the active voice, besides the two datives,have an accusative expressed or understood by Rule XX., as in the secondexample ; and in the passive voice, two datives, as in the third example,the one by Rule XXIX., and the other by this rule.432.— Obs. 4. The dative of the object (commonly a person) is often tobe supplied ; as, est. exemplo, indicia, prcesidio, usui,