Exc. III. Decet, delectat, juvat, and oportet, govern the accusative with the infinitive; as:

Delectat me studere, It delights me to study.

RULE XIX. The verbs sum, do, habeo, and some others, with the dative of the object, govern also the dative of the end, or design; as:

Est mihi voluptāti, It is, or brings a pleasure to me.
It is to me for a pleasure, i. e.,

OBS. To this rule is sometimes referred the forms of naming, so common in Latin; as: Cui cognomen Iulo additur.

RULE XX. A transitive verb in the active voice governs the accusative; as:

Ama Deum, Love God.

SPECIAL RULES.

RULE I. A transitive deponent verb governs the accusative; as:

Reverēre parentes,

Revere your parents.

RULE II. An intransitive verb may govern a noun of kindred signification in the accusative; as:

Pugnare pugnam, To fight a battle.

OBS. 1. Verbs commonly intransitive are sometimes used in a transitive sense, and govern the accusative; as:

Abhorere famam

To dread fame.

OBS. 2. Many accusatives are governed by quod attinet ad, or secundum, understood, meaning, as to, in respect of.

EXERCISE.

LATIN TO BE TURNED INTO ENGLISH.

Camēli diu sitim tolerant.

Neque satis tribūnis constābat, quid agerent.

Bonus puer est honōri ejus parentibus.

Illa videtur ire longam viam.

Non decet te rixāri.

Tædet me vitæ.

ENGLISH TO BE TURNED INTO LATIN.

A good boy is an honor to his parents.

It does not become you to quarrel.

It was not sufficiently evident to the tribunes, what they should do.

She seemed to go a long journey.
Camels endure thirst a long time.
(It wearies me) I am weary of life.

QUESTION. What English words are derived from the Latın words in this Exercise?

LESSON LXVIII.

(Review Lesson LXVII.)

RULE XXI. The interjections O, heu, and proh, are construed with the nominative, accusative, and voca tive; as:

RULE XXII. Opus and usus signifying need, require the ablative; as:

Est opus pecuniâ,

There is need of money.

RULE XXIII. The adjectives dignus, indignus, contentus, præditus, captus, and fretus; also the participles natus, satus, ortus, editus, and the like, denoting origin, govern the ablative; as:

Dignus honore,

Fretus viribus,

Worthy of honor.
Trusting in his strength.

RULE XXIV. The comparative degree without a conjunction governs the ablative; as:

Dulcior melle,

Sweeter than honey.

OBS. Magis and minus, joined to the positive degree are equivalent to the comparative; as: O luce magis delecta.

RULE XXV. Verbs of plenty and scarceness, for the most part, govern the ablative; as:

O fallacem hominum spem!

O vir fortis atque amicus!

Viris fortibus nunc opus est.

Germania rivis fluminibusque abundat.
Quid magis est durum auro, quid mollius aquâ?
Nihil video in Sullâ odio dignum.

ENGLISH TO BE TURNED INTO LATIN.

O brave man and friend!

What is harder than gold, what softer than water?

Now there is need of brave men.

I see nothing in Sylla worthy of hatred.

O deceitful hope of men!

Germany abounds in brooks and rivers.

QUESTION. What English words are derived from the Latin words in this exercise?

LESSON LXIX.

(Review Lesson LXVIII.)

RULE XXVI. Utor, abutor, fruor, fungor, potior, vescor, govern the ablative; as:

OBS. 1. To these we may add gaudeo, nascor, pascor, epulor. Potior governs he genitive; as: potiri rerum To get the chief command.

OBS. 2. Potior, fungor, epulor, and pascor, sometimes govern the accusative. Depasco, and depascor always have the accusative.

RULE XXVII. Verbs of accusing, condemning, acquitting, and admonishing, govern the accusative of a person with the genitive of a thing; as:

Arguit me furti, He accuses me of theft.

RULE XXVIII. Verbs of valuing, with the accusative, govern such genitive as, magni, parvi, nihili,

etc. as:

Estimo te magni, I value you much.

REM. These genitives are adjectives, and properly agree with pretii, momenti, or some such noun understood.

RULE XXIX. Verbs of comparing, giving, declaring, and taking away, govern the accusative and dative; as:

Comparo Virgilium Homero, I compare Virgil to Homer.
Eripuit me morti,
He rescued me from death.

OBS. Any verb may govern the accusative and dative when together with the thing done, we express also the remote object to which it is done.

RULE XXX. Verbs of asking and teaching govern two accusatives, the one of a person, and the other of a thing; as:

Poscimus te pacem, We beg peace of thee.

EXERCISE.

LATIN TO BE TURNED INTO ENGLISH.

Condemno me ipsum inertiæ.

Nunquam divitias deos rogāvi.

Brutus Tarquinio adēmit imperium.
Tuæ literæ erunt magni.

De his rebus utěre tuo judicio.
Hoc munĕre functus est.

ENGLISH TO BE TURNED INTO LATIN.

I have never asked riches of the Gods.

Thy letters will be of great value.
I condemn myself for inactivity.

He performed this office.

Brutus took the command from Tarquinius.

Concerning these things use your judgment.

QUESTION. What English words are derived from the Latin words in this Exercise?

LESSON LXX.

(Review Lesson LXIX.)

RULE XXXI. Verbs of loading, binding, clothing, depriving, and their contraries, govern the accusative and ablative; as :

Onĕrat naves auro, He loads the ships with gold.

OBS. several verbs denoting to fill likewise govern the genitive; as: Adolescentem suæ temeritatis implet.