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An Accusative with a Dative.

VErbs of Giving or Restoring, Promising or Paying, Commanding or Shewing, Trusting or Threatning, add to thir Accusative a Dative of the person; as Fortuna multis nimium d•…•… dit. Haec tibi promitto. Aes alienum mihi numeravit. Frumen∣tum imperat civitatibus. Q•…•…id & cui dicas, videto.

Hoc tibi suadeo. Tibi or ad te s•…•…ribo. Pecuniam om∣nem tibi credo. Utrique mortem minatu•…•… est.

To these add Verbs Active compounded with hese prepositions, prae, ad, ab, con, de, ex, ante, sub,

post, ob, in and inter; as Praecipio hoc tibi. Admo∣vit urbi 〈◊〉〈◊〉. Collegae suo imperium abrogavit. Sic parvis componere magna solebam.

Neuters have a dative only; as Meis majoribus virtute praeluxi. But some compounded with prae and ante may have an accusative; as Praestat inge∣nio alius alium. Multos anteit sapientia. O•…•…hers with a Preposition; as Quae ad ventris victum con∣ducunt. In haec studia incumbite. Cic.

Also all Verbs Active, betokening acquisition, likening, or relation, commonly englisht with to or for, have to thir accusative a dative of the per∣son; as Magnam laudem sibi peperit. Huic habeo non tibi. Se illis aequarunt. Expedi mihi hoc negotium: but mihi, tibi, sibi, somtimes are added for El•…•…gance, the sense not requiring; as Suo hunc sibi iugul•…•…t gladio. Terent Neuters a dative only; as Non omnibus dormio. Libet mihi. Tibi licet

Somtimes a Verb Transitive will have to his accusative a double dative, one of the person, another of the thing; as Do tibi vestem pignori. Verto hoc tibi vitio. Hoc tu tibi laudi du•…•….