PREDICATE-NOMINATIVE.

A noun in the predicate, after a verb neuter or passive, is put in the same case as the subject, when it denotes the same person or thing. $210.

A noun which limits the meaning of another noun, denoting a different person or thing, is put in the genitive. § 211.

The love of money increases,
Necessity is the mother of

arts,

Cresco amor nummus.
Mater ars sum necessitas.

Semiramis was the wife of Semiramis sum Ninus uxNinus,

or.

Scipio routed the forces of Scipio fundo Annibal coHannibal,

piæ,

The sun is the light of the Sol sum lux mundus. world,

He received the fruit of his Virtus is fructus capio.

virtue,

Observe the boldness of the Video homo audacia.

man,

Sleep is the image of death,
Helen was the cause of the
Trojan war,

Cræsus was king of the Ly-
dians,
The memory of past evils is
pleasant,

The course of life is short,
(that) of glory eternal,
The love of his country pre-
vailed,
The infirmity of nature is
blamed,

Honor is the reward of vir-
tue,

Penelope was the wife of

A noun limiting the meaning of a verb, is put in the dative, to denote the object or end, to or for which any thing is, or is done.§ 222.

Piso brought assistance to his Piso frater auxilium fero. brother,

I give thanks to you,

Ago tu gratia.

The body is restored to the Reddo terra corpus.

They favored the undertak- Catilina incœptum faveo.

to

ings of Catiline, They do good neither themselves nor to any oth

er,

L. Otho restored to the eques

trian order their dignity, I do not envy the fortune of any citizen, Tell me the truth,

Nec sui nec alter prosum.

L. Otho equestris ordo restituo dignitas.

Haud invideo fortuna ullus civis.

Dico ($162, 4) ego verum.

The grass returns to the Redeo gramen (plur.)cam

plains,

ACCUSATIVE

AFTER

pus.

PREPOSITIONS.

(1.) Twenty-six prepositions are followed by the accusative.

of the prosecutor, Your good will toward me, and mine toward you, are equal,

Ariovistus legatus ad Cæ-
sar mitto.

Rosa fulgeo inter lilium.
Paucus venio ad senectus.
Expecto ad mare infra op-
pidum.

Servus penes accusator

sum.

Tuus voluntas erga ego, et meus erga tu sum par.

There is a grove near the Sum lucus prope amnis. river,

They divided the captives Divido inter sui captivus. among themselves,

(2.) In and sub, denoting tendency, are followed by the accusative; denoting situation, they are followed by the ablative.

All Italy calls me back into Italia cunctus ego in patria my country,

An incredible multitude came
together into the Capitol,
I have letters in (my) hand,

revoco.

Multitudo incredibilis in

Capitolium convenio.

In manus epistola teneo.

Eleven prepositions are followed by the ablative. § 241.

Nouns denoting the cause, manner, means, and instrument, after adjectives and verbs, are put in the ablative without a preposition. 247. See also §§ 249 and 250.

The moon shines with a bor- Luna luceo alienus lux.

The infinitive without a subject is only used after certain verbs, especially such as denote desire, ability, intention, or endeavor. § 271.

I desire to see you,
Dare to despise riches,
I was

Tu cupio video.
Audeo contemno ops.

able to touch the Possum (imp.) contingo rabranches,

mus.

Intelligo non possum.

I cannot understand,
Alexander wished to be fear- Alexander metuo volo.

Copulative and disjunctive conjunctions, and some others, connect words which are in the same construction. § 278,