Expertlatin
- What is dative respect to Latin?
- What is dative case used for Latin?
- What is a dative noun in Latin?
- What verbs take dative in Latin?
What is dative respect to Latin?
In Latin the dative has two classes of meanings. The dative denotes an object not as caused by the action, or directly affected by it (like the accusative), but as reciprocally sharing in the action or receiving it consciously or actively.
What is dative case used for Latin?
The Dative case is chiefly used to indicate the person for whom (that is, for whose advantage or disadvantage) an action happens or a quality exists.
What is a dative noun in Latin?
Dative. Used for nouns that are to or for something. For example: terram ecclesie do – I give land to the church. The verb is 'I give' (do).
What verbs take dative in Latin?
Many verbs signifying to favor, help, please, trust, and their contraries; also to believe, persuade, command, obey, serve, resist, envy, threaten, pardon, and spare,1 take the dative. Cūr mihi invidēs? Why do you envy me? Mihi parcit atque īgnōscit.
