1 82 THE DATIVE WITH COMPOUNDS
I.each sentence there is a dative, and in each a verb combined with a preposition. In no case would the simple verb take the dative.
426. Rule. Dative with Compounds. Some verbs compounded with ad, ante, con, dē, in, inter, ob, post, prae, prō, sub, super, admit the dative of the indirect object. Transitive compounds may take both an accusative and a dative.
Note 1. Among such verbs are[1]
ad´ferō, adfer´re, at´tulī, adlā´tus, bring to; report ad´sum, ades´se, ad´fuī, adfutū´rus, assist; be present dē´ferō, dēfer´re, dē´tulī, dēlātus, report; grant, confer dē´sum, dees´se, dē´fuī, ——, be wanting, be lacking īn´ferō, īnfer´re, in´tulī, inlā´tus, bring against, bring upon inter´sum, interes´se, inter´fuī, interfutū´rus, take part in occur´rō, occur´rere, occur´rī, occur´sus, run against, meet praefi´ciō, praefi´cere, praefē´cī, praefec´tus, appoint over, place in command of prae´sum, praees´se, prae´fuī, ——, be over, be in command |
427.
IDIOMS
graviter or molestē ferre, to be annoyed at, to be indignant at, followed by the accusative and infinitive sē cōnferre ad or in, with the accusative, to betake one’s self to alicui bellum īnferre, to make war upon some one pedem referre, to retreat (lit. to bear back the foot) |
428.
EXERCISES
I.
- Fer, ferent, ut ferant, ferunt.
- Ferte, ut ferrent, tulisse, tulerant.
- Tulimus, ferēns, lātus esse, ferre.
- Cum nāvigia insulae adpropinquārent, barbarī terrōre commōtī pedem referre cōnātī sunt.
- Gallī molestē ferēbant Rōmānōs agrōs vastāre.
- Caesar sociīs imperāvit nē fīnitimis suīs bellum īnferrent.
- Explorātōrēs, qui Caesarī occurrērunt, dīxērunt exercitum hostium vulneribus dēfessum sēsē in alium locum contulisse.
- Hostes sciēbant Rōmānōs frūmentō egēre et hanc rem Caesarī summum perīculum adlātūram esse.
- Impedīmentīs in ūnum locum conlātis, aliquī mīlitum flūmen quod nōn longē
- ↑ But the accusative with ad or in is used with some of these, when the idea of motion to or against is strong.