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indicative. Compare the sentences _Caesar is the man who is leading us_, Caesar est is qui nos ducit (mere statement of fact, no description, with the indicative) _Caesar is the man to lead us_, Caesar est is qui nos ducat (descriptive relative clause with the subjunctive) _b._ Observe that in this construction a demonstrative pronoun and a relative, as is /qui\, are translated _such a one as to, the man to_. _c._ In which of the following sentences would you use the indicative and in which the subjunctive? _These are not the men who did this_ _These are not the men to do this_ _390._ RULE. Subjunctive of Characteristic. _A relative clause with the subjunctive is often used to describe an antecedent. This is called the /subjunctive of characteristic or description\._ _391._ Observe the sentences 1. Romani /Caesarem consulem\ fecerunt, _the Romans made /Caesar consul\_. 2. /Caesar consul\ a Romanis factus est, _/Caesar\ was made /consul\ by the Romans_. _a._ Observe in 1 that the transitive verb /fecerunt\, _made_, has two objects: (1) the direct object, /Caesarem\; (2) a second object, /consulem\, referring to the same person as the direct object and completing the predicate. The second accusative is called a Predicate Accusative. _b._ Observe in 2 that when the verb is changed to the passive both of the accusatives become nominatives, the _direct object_ becoming the _subject_ and the _predicate accusative_ the _predicate nominative_. _392._ RULE. Two Accusatives. _Verbs of /making\, /choosing\, /calling\, /showing\, and the like, may take a predicate accusative along with the direct object. With the passive voice the two accusatives become nominatives._ _393._ The verbs commonly found with two accusatives are creo, creare, creavi, creatus, _choose_ appello, appellare, appellavi, appellatus } nomino, nominare, nominavi, nominatus } _call_ voco, vocare, vocavi, vocatus } facio, facere, feci, factus, _make_ _394._ EXERCISES I. 1. In Germaniae silvis sunt[1] multa genera ferarum quae reliquis in locis non visa sint. 2. Erant[1] itinera duo quibus Helvetii domo discedere possent. 3. Erat[1] manus nulla, nullum oppidum, nullum praesidium quod se armis defenderet. 4. Toto frumento rapto, domi nihil erat quo mortem prohibere po
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