LATN 102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Dative Case, Finite Verb, Imperium
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Cases: used to provide information about what each noun, pronoun, or adjective is doing in sentence, nominative, genitive, dative, accusative, ablative, vocative, locative. C ns lium turbae (the advice of the crowd/the crowd advises) Indirect object, "to ___", "for ___: person to whom something is given, said, or done, ex. Puellae d num dat (he gives a gift to the girl/he gives the girl a gift: reference/interest, person to whom a statement refers, ex. Domin laborat (he is working for the master: ex. Nautae pontus est pulcher (to a sailor (in the eyes of a sailor), the ocean is beautiful: dative of possession, combines w/ sum to show possession, ex. Viro est liber (the man has a book/the book belongs to the man) "the book is to the man: clue is verb "to be, dative w/ adjectives, often used w/ adjectives like "friendly, unfriendly, similar, faithful, suitable, etc. , ex.
