Of the Verb Substantive Sum, and such like, with a Nominative, and other oblique Cases.
VErbs that signifie Being, as Sum, existo, fio; and certain Passives, as dicor, vocor, salutor,
Accedence commenc't grammar, supply'd with sufficient rules for the use of such (younger or elder) as are desirous, without more trouble than needs to attain the Latin tongue the elder sort especially, with little teaching and their own industry / by John Milton.
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- Accedence commenc't grammar, supply'd with sufficient rules for the use of such (younger or elder) as are desirous, without more trouble than needs to attain the Latin tongue the elder sort especially, with little teaching and their own industry / by John Milton.
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- Milton, John, 1608-1674.
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- 1669.
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"Accedence commenc't grammar, supply'd with sufficient rules for the use of such (younger or elder) as are desirous, without more trouble than needs to attain the Latin tongue the elder sort especially, with little teaching and their own industry / by John Milton." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A50880.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 13, 2024.
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appellor, habeor, existimor, videor; also Verbs of mo∣tion or rest, as incedo, discedo, sed•…•…o, with such like, will have a Nominative Case after them as they have before them, because both Cases belo•…•…g to the same person or thing, and the latter is rather in apposition with the former, then govern'd by the Verb; as Temperantia est virtus. Horatius si∣lutatur Poeta. Ast ego quae divum incedo regina.
And if est be an impersonal, it may sometimes govern a Genitive, as Usus Poetae, ut moris est, li∣centia, Phaedrus l. 4. Neg•…•…vit moris esse Graecorum, ut &c Cic. verr. 2.
But if the following Noun be of another per∣son, or not directly spoken of the former, both af∣ter Sum and all his Compounds, except possum, it shall be put in the Dative; as Est mihi do•…•…i pater. Multa petentibus desunt multa.
And if a thing be spoken of, relating to the person, it may be also in the Dative; as Sum tibi praesidio. Haecres est mihi voluptati. Qu•…•…rum alteri Capitoni cogn men fuit. Cic. Pastori nomen 〈◊〉〈◊〉 fuisse serunt. Liv.