onal Verbs.

209. 1. The Impersonals pudet, paenitet, miseret, taedet, piget take the
Accusative of _the person affected_, along with the Genitive _of the person
or thing toward whom the feeling is directed_; as,--

pudet me tui, _I am ashamed of you_ (lit. _it shames me of you_);

paenitet me hujus facti, _I repent of this act_;

eum taedet vitae, _he is weary of life_;

pauperum te miseret, _you pity the poor_.

a. Instead of the Genitive of the thing we often find an Infinitive or
Neuter Pronoun used as subject of the verb. Thus;--

me paenitet hoc fecisse, _I repent of having done this_;

me hoc pudet, _I am ashamed of this_.

2. Misereor and miseresco also govern the Genitive; as,--

miseremini sociorum, _pity the allies_.

_Interest_, _Refert._

210. With interest, _it concerns_, three points enter into consideration;
viz.--

a) the _person concerned_;
b) the _thing about which_ he is concerned;
c) the _extent_ of his concern.

211. 1. The _person concerned_ is regularly denoted by the Genitive; as,--

patris interest, _it concerns the father_.

a. But instead of the Genitive of the personal pronouns, mei, tui,
nostri, vestri, the Latin uses the Ablative Singular Feminine of the
Possessive, viz.: mea, tua, etc.; as,--

mea interest, _it concerns me_.

2. The _thing about which_ a person is concerned is denoted--

a) by a Neuter Pronoun as subject; as,--

hoc rei publicae interest, _this concerns the state_.

b) by an Infinitive; as,--

omnium interest valere, _it concerns all to keep well_.

c) by an Indirect Question; as,--

mea interest quando venias, _I am concerned as to when you are coming_.

3. The _degree of concern_ is denoted--

a) by the Genitive (cf. Sec. 203, 3): magni, parvi, etc.; as,--

mea magni interest, _it concerns me greatly_.

b) by the Adverbs, magnopere, magis, maxime, etc.; as,--

civium minime interest, _it concerns the citizens very little_.

c) by the Neuters, multum, plus, minus, etc.; as,--

multum vestra interest, _it concerns you much_.

4. Refert follows interest in its construction, except that it rarely takes
the Genitive of the person. Thus:--

mea refert, _it concerns me_;

but rarely illius refert, _it concerns him_.

Genitive with Other Verbs.

212. 1. Verbs of _Plenty_ and _Want_ sometimes govern the Genitive; as,--

pecuniae indiges, _