Chapter 357 Allen and Greenough's Latin Grammar Dickinson College Christopher Francese

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The Genitive is used with certain special verbs.

The genitive sometimes follows potior , get possession of; as always in the phrase potīrī rērum , to be master of affairs: — illīus rēgnī potīrī ; ( Fam. 1.7.5 ), to become master of that kingdom. Cleanthēs sōlem dominārī et rērum potīrī putat (Acad. 2.126) , Cleanthes thinks the sun holds sway and is lord of the universe. But potior usually takes the ablative (see § 410 ).

Some other verbs rarely take the genitive—

By analogy with those mentioned in § 354 :— neque hûius sīs veritus fēminae prīmāriae (Ter. Ph. 971) , and you had no respect for this high-born lady. As akin to adjectives which take the genitive:— fastīdit meī (Plaut. Aul. 245), he disdains me. [Cf. fastīdiōsus .] studet tuī (quoted N. D. 3.72 ), he is zealous for you. [Cf. studiōsus .] In imitation of the Greek:— iūstitiae ne prius mīrer, bellīne labōrum (Aen. 11.126) , shall I rather admire his justice or his toils in war? neque ille sēpositī ciceris nec longae invīdit avēnae (Hor. S. 2.6.84) , nor did he grudge his garnered peas , etc. [But cf. invidus , parcus .] labōrum dēcipitur (Hor. Od. 2.13.38) , he is beguiled of his woes. mē labōrum levās (Pl. Rud. 247) , you relieve me of my troubles.

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