Beggarly Elements - Accusative Case
1. Direct Object. I saw _____________. I love ________________________.
2. Inner Object (Two Accusatives). Some verbs of asking, demanding, or teaching take two
accusatives,
one of the person and the other of the thing.
Brutum hoc moneo._________________________ Sextum responsum
rogavi.___________________
(N.B. peto and postulo usually take ab, and quaero takes ab, de, or ex with the ablative of the person.
Fur pecuniam a patre postulavit._____________________________
Puella auxilium a matre petivit._____________________________
3.
Accusative of Duration of Time/ Extent of Space.
paucos annos_______________
sex horas__________________multos dies_______________
mille passus________________tria milia passum______________quattuor milia passuum_________
for a few days_____________________for two hours______________________
We walked five miles.________________________________________
4. Accusative as Object of Prepositions.
Cucurri ad ________; per___________;inter_______; trans________________
5. Accusative of Exclamation.
O tempora! O mores!______________________
O me miseram!__________________________
6. Accusative, Subject of the Infinitive in Indirect Discourse.
Puto milites venire._________________________________________
Scio milites venisse.________________________________________
Putavimus milites venire.____________________________________
Scivimus milites venisse.____________________________________
Spero milites venturos esse._________________________________
Speravi milites venturos esse._______________________________
I know that the answer is correct.___________________________
We knew that he was coming.__________________________________
He thought that I was driving the car._______________________
He said that he had finished the work._______________________
I hope that we will go soon._________________________________
He said that we would help.__________________________________
7. Greek Middle Voice. Accusative of Specification.
In poetry many passive verbs, in imitation of Greek usage, are employed as Middles, that is,
they retain traces of a reflexive meaning and act upon a part of themselves.
velatus tempora = having veiled his temples
(velatus is a passive participle with an active meaning and acts upon a part of one's self)
nodo sinus collecta__________________________________________
manus vinctus________________________________________________
nuda genu(acc) = bare to the knees
8. Dates.
Kalends = 1st of month; Nones= 5th or 7th; Ides= 13th or 15th
(Nones and Ides come on the 7th and 13th of March, May, July, October)
ante diem decimum Kalendas Decembres = November 22
ante diem tertium Nonas Decembres=___________________________
a.d. V Kal. Ian.=____________________________________________
a.d. III Non. Apr.=__________________________________________
The day before any of the three divisions is expressed in Latin by the word pridie followed by the
accusative.
pridie Kalendas Ianuarias= December 31
pridie Nones Ianuarias=_______________
If the English date falls exactly on the division, the date is considered an ablative of time when.
Idibus Martiis= March 15
Kalendis Maiis=_________