Capitulum VII

Puella et rosa

The datīvus, the case of the receiver: the third participant of verbs of giving · The dative in the 1st and 2nd declensions: servō, ancillae, oppidō — servīs, ancillīs, oppidīs · Three cases in one sentence: nominative + dative + accusative (Iūlius servō mālum dat) · Cui …? “to whom?” — and the relative in the dative: puer cui pater mālum dat · The dative of the pronoun is: eī in the singular, iīs (= eīs) in the plural · The reflexive sē in the accusative: sē vertit, sē videt, ad sē vocat, post sē · The near demonstrative in the nominative singular: hic saccus, haec rosa, hoc mālum · in + accusative (motion into) ↔ in + ablative (place where) ↔ ex/ē + ablative (motion out of) · ē or ex? ex before a, e, i, o, u, h; either ē or ex before other letters · Nōnne …? expects “yes”, num …? expects “no”, and immō contradicts · plēnus + genitive: saccus plēnus mālōrum, oculī plēnī lacrimārum · Correlatives: et… et; neque… neque; nōn sōlum… sed etiam · Irregular imperatives beside the indicative: es! este! — dā! date! — ī! īte! · Compounds of esse and īre: inest / īnsunt, adit, exit / exeunt, advenit · quam before an adjective, in exclamations: Ō, quam pulchrum est hoc speculum!

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