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2. Other designations of place than those above mentioned require a Preposition to denote Limit of Motion; as,-
ad Italiam v~nit, he came to Italy. a. The Preposition is also customary with the' Accusatives urbem or oppidum when they stand in apposition with the name of a town; as,Cirtam in urbem, to the city Cirta ; Genavam ad oppidum, to the town Geneva. b. The name of a town denoting limit of motion may be combined with the name of a country or other word dependent upon a preposition j as,Thiirios in Italiam pervectus, carried to ThurH in Italy ; cum Ac~n ad exercitum vanisset, when he had come to the army at Ace. 3. To denote toward, used; as,-
to the vicinity
of, itt the vicinity
of, ad is
ad Tarentum vani, I came to the vicinity of Tarentum ; ad Cannas pugna facta est, a battle was fought near Cannae. 4. In poetry the Accusative of any noun denoting a place may be used without a preposition to express the limit of motion; as,Italiam venit, he came to Italy. 5. The goal notion seems to represent the original function of the Accusative Case. Traces of this primitive force are recognizable in the phrase infitias ire, to deny (lit. to go to a denial), and a few other similar expressions. Accusative
in Exclamations.
183. The Accusative, generally modified by an Adjective, is used in Exclamations; as,m~ miserum, ah, wretched me! (5 fall~cem spem, oh, deceptive hope!
Accusative
as Subject
of the Infinitive.
184. The Subject of the Infinitive is put in the Accusa.. tive; as,vide6 hominem
abtre, I see that tlu man is going away.