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——248 SYNTAX. ACCUSATIVE AND GENITIVE. § 122—;reference, in the genitive, dative, accusative, or ablative, as the nature ofthat reference may require. All verbs under these rules, are transitiveverbs in the active voice, or transitive deponents.Rule XXVII.—Verbs of accusing,489.condemning,acquitting, and admonishing, govern theaccusative of a person, with the genitive of atiring;as,Arguit me furti,Meipsum inertice condemnorIlium hornicidii absolvunt,Jrfonet me officii,He accuses me of theft.I condemn myself of laziness.They acquit him of manslaughterHe admonishes me of my duty.490.—To this rule belong verbs of1. Accusing; as, accvso, ago, appello, arcesso, anqulro, arguo, coarguocapto, increpo, increpito, urgeo, incuso, insimulo. interrogo, postulo, alligo,astringo, defero, compello.2. Condemning ; as, damno, condemno, infdmo, note, convinco, prehendo,aeprehendo, judico, plector.'6. Acquitting ; as, absolvo, libero, purgo, and perhaps solvo.4. Admonishing; as, moneo, admoneo, commoneo, commonefacio.491.— Obs. 1. With many of these verbs, instead of the genitive ofthe crime or punishment, the ablative is used with, or without a preposition; as, Aceusare de neglig entid , Cic. ; Liberare culpa, Id. Theablatives crimine and nomvne are often inserted before the genitive,which may be regarded as the full form of the construction ; as, Arcesserealiquem crimine ambitus, Liv. Sometimes the punishment is putin the accusative after ad or in ; as, Damn are ad poena m,— i n met a l-lum, rarely in the dative; as, damnatus morti. Multo has alwaysthe ablative ; as, multare poena ,pecuni a, exit Us, &c.492.— Obs. 2. Accuso, incuso, insimulo, together with verbs of admonishing,instead of the genitive, are sometimes followed by the accusative,especially of the neuter pronouns hoc, id, illud, quod, &c, and their pluralsas, Si i d me non accusas, Plaut. ;Eos hoc moneo, Cic. ; rarely by theaccusative of nouns; as, Sic me insinadare fahum facinus, Plaut.493.— Obs. 3. Many verbs signifying to accuse, and among them someof the verbs enumerated under this rule, do not govern the genitive of thecrime, but, as transitive active verbs, govern it in the accusative by RuleXX ;as, arguo culpa m ; ejus av arit i a m p e rfi d i a m que accusdrat.When thus construed, the immediate object of condemnation is thecrime ; in the other construction, it is the person.494.— Obs. 4. Verbs of admonishing, instead of the genitive, are sometimesfollowed by the ablative with a prepositions as, Oro ut Terentiammonedtis de testament o; sometimes by an infinitive or clause; as.Soror monet succurrere Lauso Turn urn, Vino.; Monet ut suspici

—§ 123 SYNTAX.- -ACCUSATIVE AND DATIVE. 249Rule XXVIII. Verbs of valuing,495.withtheir own case, and sometimes without a case, governsuch genitives of degree as magni, jyarvi,nilhitIt'/as,uFsftmo te magni,Mild stetit pluris,Est parvi,I value you muchIt cost me more.It is of little value.496.—EXPLANATION.— By its own case is meant the case which theverb usually governs. Verbs without case, as sum,jio, existo, &c, have thegenitive only. The adjectives magni, parvi, &c, may agree with pretii,momenti, or the like, understood, and the construction perhaps come underE. VII. If so, it would account for the ablative sometimes used after thosame verbs. See 500.497.—Verbs of valuing are such as cestimo, existimo, duco, facio, habeopendeo, puto, taxo, sum,fio, consto, &c. ; also refert and interest.498.—Among the genitives of degree governed by such verbs, are thaadjectives tanti, quanii, pluris, minoris, magni, pluruai, minimi, parvi.quantilibet,

—§ 123 SYNTAX.- -ACCUSATIVE AND DATIVE. 249Rule XXVIII. Verbs <strong>of</strong> valuing,495.with<strong>the</strong>ir own case, and sometimes without a case, governsuch genitives <strong>of</strong> degree as magni, jyarvi,nilhitIt'/as,uFsftmo te magni,Mild stetit pluris,Est parvi,I value you muchIt cost me more.It is <strong>of</strong> little value.496.—EXPLANATION.— By its own case is meant <strong>the</strong> case which <strong>the</strong>verb usually governs. Verbs without case, as sum,jio, existo, &c, have <strong>the</strong>genitive only. <strong>The</strong> adjectives magni, parvi, &c, may agree with pretii,momenti, or <strong>the</strong> like, understood, and <strong>the</strong> construction perhaps come underE. VII. If so, it would account for <strong>the</strong> ablative sometimes used after thosame verbs. See 500.497.—Verbs <strong>of</strong> valuing are such as cestimo, existimo, duco, facio, habeopendeo, puto, taxo, sum,fio, consto, &c. ; also refert and interest.498.—Among <strong>the</strong> genitives <strong>of</strong> degree governed by such verbs, are thaadjectives tanti, quanii, pluris, minoris, magni, pluruai, minimi, parvi.quantilibet,

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