{"id":1994,"date":"2012-08-20T20:27:55","date_gmt":"2012-08-20T20:27:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/latin\/?p=1994"},"modified":"2012-08-21T17:11:02","modified_gmt":"2012-08-21T17:11:02","slug":"syntax-accusative-ii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/latin\/syntax-accusative-ii\/","title":{"rendered":"Syntax: accusative II"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>To read about nominative, vocative and other kind of accusative uses read our <a title=\" Syntax: nominative, vocative and accusative I\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/latin\/syntax-nominative-vocative-and-accusative-i\/http:\/\/\" target=\"_blank\">previous post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2>Extension accusative<\/h2>\n<p>Accusative case can be used to express the extension in space and time.<\/p>\n<p>The accusative of extension in space, always in terms of extension (<em>passus, pes<\/em> &#8230;), can indicate distance traveled, distance between two points or dimensions of objects:<\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Reliquae legi\u014dn\u0113s <strong>magnum spatiu<\/strong>m aberant.<\/em><br \/>\n<em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Turris <strong>v\u012bginti ped\u0113s<\/strong> alta.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The accusative of extension in time (accusative of duration) expresses the duration of the verbal action:<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Annum iam tertium et vicesimum<\/strong> regnat.<\/em><br \/>\n<em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <strong>Mult\u014ds ann\u014ds<\/strong> v\u012bxit.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Adverbial accusative<\/h2>\n<p>The adverbial accusative occurs mainly in:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Neuter adjectives expressing number: <em>multum, aliquantum, pr\u012bmum, ultimum, etc<\/em>.<\/li>\n<li>Some pronominal forms: <em>quid<\/em>? (&#8216;Why?&#8217;).<\/li>\n<li>Some stereotyped uses with nouns: <em>\u00a0magnam (maiorem, maximam) partem; partim; vicem; id genus, omne genus; id (quid) aet\u0101tis<\/em>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Relation accusative<\/h2>\n<p>The relation accusative indicates the part of a person or thing affected by the verbal action (from the time of Augustus can be found also with adjectives). This normally consists of supplements, often showing body parts, and verbs in the passive voice:<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 Manus<\/strong> post terga revinctus.<\/em><br \/>\n<em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Lacrim\u012bs perf\u016bsa <strong>gen\u0101s<\/strong>.<\/em><br \/>\n<em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Fl\u0101va <strong>com\u0101s<\/strong>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Double accusative<\/h2>\n<p>Two complements in accusative simultaneously accompanying the same verb, without any related coordination between both of them, each one with a different syntactic value. The most common constructions of double accusative are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Direct object + predicative:<\/strong> it appears with verbs meaning to call, to appoint, to nominate, to consider, to estimate, tojudge, etc..:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>\u00a0\u00a0 Populus R\u014dm\u0101nus<strong> Cicer\u014dnem consulem<\/strong> cre\u0101vit.<\/em><br \/>\n<em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <strong>Homin\u0113s caec\u014ds<\/strong> reddit cupiditas.<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Person direct object + &#8220;thing (object)&#8221; direct object:<\/strong> it is built with verbs that mean to show, to hide, to seek, to ask&#8230;:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Magister <strong>puer\u014ds grammaticam<\/strong> docet.<\/em><br \/>\n<em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<strong> Senat\u014drem\u00a0 sententiam<\/strong> rog\u0101v\u0113runt.<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Direct object + place complement:<\/strong> sentences constructed with compound verbs (especially with <em>trans-<\/em> and <em>circum-<\/em>) in which the direct object depends on the meaning of the simple verb, and the place complement depends on the meaning added by the proverb:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em> Dux <strong>exercitum flumen<\/strong> tr\u0101d\u016bxit.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To read about nominative, vocative and other kind of accusative uses read our previous post. Extension accusative Accusative case can be used to express the extension in space and time. 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