Scanlon's Latin Grammar - Essan.org

LATIN GRAMMAR
51. Uses of the accusative.
a) As the direct obj ect of a verb.
We saw your brother.
Vidimus fratrem tuum.
b) After certain prepositions, the commonest being ad, ante, apud,
circum, contra, inter, per, and trans.
They sent aid to the city.
He stood in the presence of the
king.
We built a wall around our house.
Adjutorium ad civitatem miserunt.
Stabat apud regem.
Aedificavimus murum circum
domum nostram.
c) As subject of the infinitive in indirect discourse.
He said that his mother had
come.
Dixit matrem suam vemsse.
d) To express duration of time and extent of space.
They tvill stay here for one day.
T he wall extended for many feet.
Unam diem 1 hic remanebunt.
MUlus multos pedes extendit.
EXERCISES
A. Suffixes. The suffix ..ax is added to verb stems to form adjectives
denoting a tendency, usually an extreme tendency.
I. audax, bold (from audere, to dare). 2. ferax, fertile (from ferre,
to bear). 3. sagax, clever (from sagire, to perceive quickly). 4. mendax,
lying (from mentrri, to lie). s. edax, greedy (from edere, to eat).
6. tenax, tenacious (from tenere, to hold).
B. The suffix -idus is added to verb stems to form adjectives denoting
a state or settled condition.
I. tlmidus, timid (from timere, to fear). 2. cupidus, desirous (from
1 The ablative may also be used.