I90 GENITIVE, DATIVE, ACCUSATIVE
451. The accusative case corresponds, in general, to the English objective. It is used to express
- The direct object of a transitive verb (§ 37).
- The predicate accusative together with the direct object after verbs of making, choosing, falling, showing, and the like (§ 392).
- The subject of the infinitive (§ 214).
- The object of prepositions that do not govern the ablative (§ 340).
- The duration of time and the extent of space (§ 336).
- The place to which (§§ 263, 266).
452.
EXERCISES
I.
- Mīlitēs quōs vīdimus dīxērunt imperium bellī esse Caesaris imperātōris.
- Helvētiī statuērunt quam[1] maximum numerum equōrum et carrōrum cōgere.
- Tōtīus Galliae Helvētiī plūrimum valuērunt.
- Multās hōrās ācriter pugnātum est neque quisquam poterat vidēre hostem fugientem.
- Virī summae virtūtis hostīs decem mīlia passuum īnsecūtī sunt.
- Caesar populō Rōmānō persuāsit ut sē cōnsulem creāret.
- Victōria exercitūs erat semper imperātōrī grātissima.
- Trīduum iter fēcērunt et Genāvam, in oppidum[2] hostium, pervēnērunt.
- Caesar audīvit Germānōs bellum Gallīs intulisse.
- Magnō ūsuī mīlitibus Caesaris erat quod priōribus proeliīs sēsē exercuerant.
II.
- One[3] of the king’s sons and many of his men were captured.
- There was no one who wished[4] to appoint her queen.
- The grain supply was always a care (for a care) to Cæsar, the general.
- I think that the camp is ten miles distant.
- We marched for three hours through a very dense forest.
- The plan [5]of making war upon the allies was not pleasing to the king.
- When he came to the hill he fortified it [6]by a twelve-foot wall.