Datophilic Verb Phrases

Verbs Takings the Dative (p7/7)

Datophilic Phrases

Phrases with Corresponding Verbs

There are a variety of phrases that take the dative, corresponding in sense to more basic categories of verbs that take the dative

• I am on hand to aid Caesar: iuvendī Caesaris praestō sum. (cf. adsum)
• She will humor his request: precī eius mōrem geret. (cf. mōrigeror)
• Let us all do favors for our loved ones: omnēs amantibus grāta faciāmus. (cf. grātificor)
• The dog is only obedient to me: iste canis solum mihi dictō audiēns est. (cf. oboedīre)
• I held confidence in her prophecy: suō effatī fidem habuī. (cf. cōnfidō)

Indepedent Phrases

Other phrases take the dative according to their own, particular sense

• The Furies inflict their injuries upon the men: Eumenides eīs damna dant.  
• This slave did me an injury: hīc servus mihi iniūriam fēcit!
• They brought the slave to trial: servō diem dixērunt.
• They set the day of the election: comitibus diem dixērunt.
• They were told to thank the father: grātiās agere patrī iussī sunt.
• I am thankful to Pompey: grātiam Pompeiō habeō.
• I must repay Pompey the favor: grātiam Pompeiō mihi referendum est.
• There is need of action: gerendō opus est.
• Children too rarely honor their parents: liberī parentibus rarius honōrem habent.
• He is given credit: acceptum eō ferre est.

The Poetic Dative

The poets put the dative in numerous places were strict Latin syntax suggests some other, more regular, case

• Nor would I dare to tear the clinging crown from that highly lauded head: nēque egō illī detrahere ausīm / haerentem capitī cum multā laude corōnam (Horace, Satires, 1.10.48-9) [prō abl.]
• Scorning Iarbas, and the leaders of other men, whom the rich soil of Africa nourishes in triumph–will you also fight a pleasing lover: dēspectus Iarbas / ductorēsque aliī, quōs Āfrica terra triumphīs / dīves alit: placitōne etiam pugnābis amorī? [prō cum + abl. or in + acc.]
• She filled the wound with tears, and mixed mourning with blood: vulnerā supplēvit lacrimīs flētumque cruōrī / miscuit [Ovid, Metamorphoses, 4.139-140] [prō abl.]

The Essential AG: 367 n2, 368.3a, 413a

Famous Phrase: prīus quam incipiās, consultō et, ubī consuluerīs factō opus est

[before you being, there is need of planning, and where you’ve consulted–of action!]

Sallust, Bellum Catilinae, 1.6

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Verbs Taking the Dative OR the Accusative

Verbs Taking the Dative (p4/7)

Verbs Taking the Dative or the Accusative

The following verbs may take either a dative or an accusative, with a variation in meaning

Again, wherever each verb varies from this pattern, I have tried to track down its precise syntax

Cōnsulō, cōnsulere, cōnsuluī, cōnsultum: (d) consult on behalf of, (a) consult

• They consult for part of the citizens: partī cīvium cōnsulunt.
• I consulted you: tē cōnsulī.

Metuō, metuere, metuī, metūtum: (d) be anxious for, (a) fear

• They remain, being anxious for the children: restitērunt metuentēs puerīs.
• They do not fear the gods: deōs non metuunt.

Timeō, timēre, timuī: (d) be anxious for, (a) fear [sīc metuō]

Prōvideō, prōvidēre, prōvīdī, prōvīsum: (d) to consider, (a) to look toward, foresee

• Let us consider the father: patriae prōspiciāmus.
• I look to a seat of security: salūtis sedem prōspiciō.

Caveō, cavēre, cāvī, cautum: (d) to care for oneself, decree, stipulate (a) to guard against

• Take care of yourself: sibi cavē.
• The praetor decrees the new law: praetōr novō lēge cavet.
• Be on guard against the bandits: latrōnēs cavē. 
• Caveō may also take (ab + abl.), meaning to procure a bail from

Conveniō, convenīre, convēnī, conventum: (d) to suit, be fitting, (a) to meet together

• It is not fitting for her to do this: hōc facere sibi non convenit.
• They assembled the soldiers: militēs convēniērunt.

Cupiō, cupere, cupīvī, cupītum: (d) to be fond of, (a) to desire to long for

• I am fond of the woman: fēminae cupiō.
• I desire the dog: canem cupiō.
• Cupiō will rarely take the genitive, and generally in poetry (after the Greek way of doing things)

Īnsistō, īnsistere, īnstitī: (d) to stand in, (a) to tread upon

• I stand in the fields: agrīs īnsistō.
• The priests stepped onto the threshold: līmen sacerdōtēs īnsistērunt.

Maneō, manēre, manuī, mansī, mansum: (d) to hold a promise, endure in a state (a) to hold a course, wait for, expect

• She kept to her promises: prōmissīs suīs manābat.
• She held the course for three days: trēs dīes viam mansit. 
• He is expecting his wife: uxōrem manet

Praevertō, praevertere, praevertī, praevertum: (d) to apply oneself to, (a) to anticipate, prevent, preoccupy, outweigh, exceed, be preferable

• Foremost, they studied astronomy: astronomiae in prīmīs praevertērunt.
• He thought children preferable to stars: puerōs astra praevertere putāvit.
• With difficulty, they occupied the fort (before the others): vix castrum praevertābant.

Renuntiō, renuntiāre, renuntiāvī, renuntiātum: (d) to mediate, think, consider [rare], (a) to report back, announce

• He thought to himself of her pain: dē suō dolōre sibi renuntiābat.
• They will announce the festival soon: festum mox renuntiābunt.

Solvō, solvere, solvī, solūtum: (d) to pay, (a) to free, release

• They paid the praetor: praetōrī solvērunt.
• Caesar released the prisoners: captivās Caesar solvit.
• Solvō will also take the ablative, meaning to be free from

Succēdo, succēdere, successī, successum: (d) to go under, enter, follow, submit to, (a) to approach, to mount, ascend

• One soldier followed the another: milēs militī succēdābat. 
• Let us now climb the mountain: nunc mōntem succēdāmus!

The Essential AG: 365 and n1

Famous Phrase: timeō Danaōs et dōna ferentēs: I fear the Greeks, even bearing gifts

[Aeneid, II.49]

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