Double Constructions with Verbs of Defending, Prohibiting and Protecting

Normally, we can conceive that interclūdō (hold off) and prohibeō (prohibit) would take an accusative Person with an ablative Object (of separation).

• He blocked their every approach: hōs totō aditū interclūsit.
• They prohibit our approach: nōs adventū prohibent.

However, verbs of of defending, prohibiting and protecting may also take the accusative Object and dative Person.

• He blocked their every approach: hīs totum aditum interclūsit.
• They prohibit our approach: nōbis adventus prohibent.

Verbs with this Construction:

• dēfendō, dēfendere, dēfensī, dēfensus: to defend
• prohibeō, prohibēre, prohibuī, prohibitus: to prohibit or defend
• interclūdo, interclūdere, interclūsī, interclūsus: to hold off
• dētineō, dētinēre, dētenuī, dētentus: to hold off
• muniō, munīre, munīvī, munītus: to wall off, defend
• servō, servāre, servāvī, servātus: to defend

Recall that interdīcō is an exception: taking dative+accusative or dative+ablative.

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The Essential AG: 364n2

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A Forbidding Post

interdīco, interdīcere, interdīxī, interdīctus: forbid
Interdīco (forbid) gets a note of it’s own in A&G because it’s case constructions have varied over time.

• Earlier writers present interdīco + dative Person & ablative Thing Forbidden
• Later writers use interdīco + dative Person & accusative Thing Forbidden

Exempla

• They forbade him fire and water: aquā et īgnī eō interdīxērunt.*
• Shall we forbid the women from wearing purple: fēminīs purpurae ūsū interdīcēmus?
• He forbade the actors from appearing on the stage: histriōnibus scaenam accedere interdīxit.

*This was the standard formally for expressing ‘he is banished’

Also, I discovered during the construction of this post that ‘forbid’ is never the past tense of the English ‘forbid.’ It is usually ‘forbade’ and rarely ‘forbad.’ I hope I wasn’t the only person making this mistake… for 21 years…

The Essential AG: 365n1