- What words take the dative?
- What verbs take the dative case in Latin?
- What does Relinquo mean Latin?
- What is an example of dative in Latin?
What words take the dative?
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.
What verbs take the dative case in Latin?
Dative with Impersonals: Impersonal verbs like licet, libet, placet, expedit, accidit, contingit take the dative of the person. Dative of Possession: The dative is used with the verb "to be" to indicate the person for whose benefit something exists.
What does Relinquo mean Latin?
relinquo [relinquere, reliqui, relictus] verb. (3rd) (pass.) be left, remain ▼ verb. bequeath ▼ verb.
What is an example of dative in Latin?
In grammar, the dative case (abbreviated dat, or sometimes d when it is a core argument) is a grammatical case used in some languages to indicate the recipient or beneficiary of an action, as in "Maria Jacobo potum dedit", Latin for "Maria gave Jacob a drink".