_ to express the indirect object. It is also very common with
_adjectives_ to express the object toward which the quality denoted by
the adjective is directed. We have already had a number of cases where
/gratus\, _agreeable to_, was so followed by a dative; and in the last
lesson we had /molestus\, _annoying to_, followed by that case. The
usage may be more explicitly stated by the following rule:

_143._ RULE. Dative with Adjectives. _The dative is used with adjectives
to denote the object toward which the given quality is directed. Such
are, especially, those meaning /near\, also /fit\, /friendly\,
/pleasing\, /like\, and their opposites._

_144._ Among such adjectives memorize the following:

ido:neus, -a, -um, _fit, suitable_ (for)
ami:cus, -a, -um, _friendly_ (to)
inimicus, -a, -um, _hostile_ (to)
gra:tus, -a, -um, _pleasing_ (to), _agreeable_ (to)
molestus, -a, -um, _annoying_ (to), _troublesome_ (to)
fi:nitimus, -a, -um, _neighboring_ (to)
proximus, -a, -um, _nearest, next_ (to)

_145._ EXERCISES

I. 1. Romani terram idoneam agri culturae habent. 2. Galli copiis
Romanis inimici erant. 3. Cui dea Latona amica non erat? 4. Dea Latona
superbae reginae amica non erat. 5. Cibus noster, Marce, erit armatis
viris gratus. 6. Quid erat molestum populis Italiae? 7. Bella longa cum
Gallis erant molesta populis Italiae. 8. Agri Germanorum fluvio Rheno
finitimi erant. 9. Romani ad silvam oppido proximam castra movebant.
10. Non solum forma sed etiam superbia reginae erat magna. 11. Mox
regina pulchra erit aegra tristitia. 12. Cur erat Niobe, regina
Thebanorum, laeta? Laeta erat Niobe multis filiis et filiabus.

II. 1. The sacrifices of the people will be annoying to the haughty
queen. 2. The sacrifices were pleasing not only to Latona but also to
Diana. 3. Diana will destroy those hostile to Latona. 4. The punishment
of the haughty queen was pleasing to the goddess Diana. 5. The Romans
will move their forces to a large field[1] suitable for a camp. 6. Some
of the allies were friendly to the Romans, others to the Gauls.

[Footnote 1: Why not the dative?]

_146._ CORNELIA AND HER JEWELS

First learn the special vocabulary, p. 288.

Apud antiquas dominas, Cornelia, Africani filia, erat[2] maxime clara.
Filii eius erant Tiberius Gracchus et Gaius Gracchus. Ii pueri cum
Cornelia in oppido Roma, claro Italiae oppido, habitabant. Ibi eos
curabat Cornelia et ibi magno cum studio eos docebat. Bona femin