senatui placuit legatos mittere, _the Senate decided_ (lit. _it pleased
the Senate_) _to send envoys_.

2. Even though the Infinitive itself appears without Subject, it may take a
Predicate Noun or Adjective in the Accusative; as,--

aliud est iracundum esse, aliud iratum, _it is one thing to be
irascible, another to be angry_;

impune quaelibet facere, id est regem esse, _to do whatever you please
with impunity, that is to be a king_.

a. But when licet is followed by a Dative of the person, a Predicate Noun
or Adjective with esse is attracted into the same case; as, licuit esse
otioso Themistocli, lit. _it was permitted to Themistocles to be at
leisure_. So sometimes with other Impersonals.

_B. As Object._

328. 1. The Infinitive without Subject Accusative is used as the Object of
many verbs, to denote another action of the same subject, particularly
after--

volo, cupio, malo, nolo, debeo, cogito, meditor, _purpose_,
_ought_; _intend_;
statuo, constituo, _decide_; neglego, _neglect_;
audeo, _dare_; vereor, timeo, _fear_;
studeo, contendo, _strive_; maturo, festino, propero, contendo,
paro, _prepare_ (so paratus); _hasten_;
incipio, coepi, instituo, assuesco, consuesco, _accustom
_begin_; myself_ (so assuetus, insuetus,
pergo, _continue_; assuefactus);
desino, desisto, _cease_; disco, _learn_;
possum, _can_; scio, _know how_;
conor, _try_; soleo, _am wont_;

as,--

tu hos intueri audes, _do you dare to look on these men_?

Demosthenes ad fluctus maris declamare solebat, _Demosthenes used to
declaim by the waves of the sea_.

2. A Predicate Noun or Adjective with these Infinitives is attracted into
the Nominative; as,--

beatus esse sine virtute nemo potest, _no one can be happy without
virtue_;

Cato esse quam videri bonus malebat, _Cato preferred to be good rather
than to seem so_.

Infinitive with Subject Accusative.

329. This is used chiefly as Subject or Object but also as Predicate or
Appositive.

_A. As Subject._

330. The Infinitive with Subject Accusative (like the simple Infinitive) is
used as Subject with esse and Impersonal verbs, particularly with aequum
est, utile est, turpe est, fama est, spes est, fas est, nefa