Syntax.
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3. Note the phrases:v6ti damnatus, voti reus, having attained one's prayer (lit. condemned
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score 0/ one's vow) ,. de vi, (accused, convicted, etc.) of assault ; inter sicarios, (accused, convicted, etc.) of murder,
Genitive with Impersonal
Verbs.
209. I. The Impersonals pudet, paenitet, miseret, taedet, take the Accusative of the pers01z affected, along with the Genitive of the person or thing toward whom the feeling is directed; as,-
piget
pudet me tui, I am ashamed of you (lit. it shames me of you) ; paenitet me hiijus facti, I repmt of this act ; eum taedet vitae, he is weary of life; pauperum te miseret, you pity the poor. a. Instead of the Genitive of the thing we often find an Infinitive or Neuter Pronoun used as subject of the verb. Thus: -
me paenitet hoc fecisse, J rejent of having done this.me hoc pudet,l am as/lamed of this. 2. Misereor and miseresco also govern the Genitive j as,-
miseremini soctorum, jJity the allies. Interest, Refert.
210. With interest, it concerns, three points enter into consideration; viz.a) the person concerned " b) the thi1zg about which he is concerned; c) the extent of his concern. . 211. I. The person concerned is regularly denoted by the Genitive; as,patris interest, it concents the father. 11.
But instead of the Genitive of the personal pronouns, met, tui, etc., the Latin uses the Ablative Singular Feminine of the Possessive, viz.: mea., tua., etc.; as,meA interest, it COlZCentSme.