for aid_).
3. In connection with the Gerundive; as,--
decemviri legibus scribundis, _decemvirs for codifying the laws_;
me gerendo bello ducem creavere, _me they have made leader for carrying
on the war_.
NOTE.--This construction with the gerundive is not common till Livy.
Dative with Adjectives.
192. The use of the Dative with Adjectives corresponds very closely to its
use with verbs. Thus:--
1. Corresponding to the Dative of Indirect Object it occurs with adjectives
signifying: _friendly_, _unfriendly_, _similar_, _dissimilar_, _equal_,
_near_, _related to_, etc.; as,--
mihi inimicus, _hostile to me_;
sunt proximi Germanis, _they are next to the Germans_;
noxiae poena par esto, _let the penalty be equal to the damage_.
a. For propior and proximus with the Accusative, see Sec. 141, 3.
2. Corresponding to the Dative of Purpose, the Dative occurs with
adjectives signifying: _suitable_, _adapted_, _fit_; as,--
castris idoneus locus, _a place fit for a camp_;
apta dies sacrificio, _a day suitable for a sacrifice_.
NOTE.--Adjectives of this last class often take the Accusative with ad.
Dative of Direction.
193. In the poets the Dative is occasionally used to denote the _direction
of motion_; as,--
it clamor caelo, _the shout goes heavenward_;
cineres rivo fluenti jace, _cast the ashes toward a flowing stream_.
1. By an extension of this construction the poets sometimes use the Dative
to denote the _limit of motion_; as,--
dum Latio deos inferret, _till he should bring his gods to Latium_.
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THE GENITIVE.
194. The Genitive is used with Nouns, Adjectives, and Verbs.
GENITIVE WITH NOUNS.
195. With Nouns the Genitive is _the case which defines the meaning of the
limited noun more closely_. This relation is generally indicated in English
by the preposition of. There are the following varieties of the Genitive
with Nouns:--
Genitive of Origin, Objective Genitive,
Genitive of Material, Genitive of the Whole,
Genitive of Possession, Appositional Genitive,
Subjective Genitive, Genitive of Quality.
196. Genitive of Origin; as,--
Marci filius, _the son of Marcus_.
197. Genitive of Material; as,--
talentum auri, _a talent of gold_;
acervus frumenti, _a pile of grain_.
198. Genitive of Possession or Ownership; as,--
domus Ciceronis
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