Chapter 384Allen and Greenough's Latin GrammarDickinson CollegeChristopher Francese
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The Dative is used with adjectives (and a few Adverbs) of
fitness
,
nearness
,
likeness
,
service
,
inclination
, and their opposites:
Adjectives of this kind are
accommodātus
,
aptus
;
amīcus
,
inimīcus
,
īnfestus
,
invīsus
,
molestus
;
idōneus
,
opportūnus
,
proprius
;
ūtilis
,
inūtilis
;
affīnis
,
fīnitimus
,
propinquus
,
vīcīnus
;
pār
,
dispār
,
similis
,
dissimilis
;
iūcundus
,
grātus
;
nōtus
,
īgnōtus
, and others.
nihil est tam
nātūrae
aptum
(Lael. 17)
,
nothing is so fitted to nature.
nihil difficile
amantī
putō
;
(
Or. 33
),
I think nothing hard to a lover.castrīs
idōneum locum dēlēgit
(B. G. 1.49)
,
he selected a place suitable for a camp.
tribūnī
nōbīs
sunt amīcī
;
(
Q. Fr. 1.2.16
),
the tribunes are friendly to us.
esse propitius potest
nēminī(N. D. 1.124)
,
he can be gracious to nobody.
māgnīs autem
virīs
prosperae semper omnēs rēs
(
id
. 2.167),
but to great men everything is always favorable.
sēdēs huic nostrō nōn importūna
sermōnī(De Or. 3.18)
,
a place not unsuitable for this conversation of ours.
cui
fundō
erat affīnis M. Tullius
(Tull. 14)
,
to which estate Marcus Tullius was next neighbor.
convenienter
nātūrae
vīvere
(Off. 3.13)
,
to live in accordance with nature
(
ὁμολογουμένως τῇ φύσει
).
So, also, in poetic and colloquial use, with
īdem
: as,
—invītum quī servat idem facit occīdentī
(Hor. A. P. 467)
,
he who saves a man against his will does the same as one who kills him.
Adjectives of likeness
are often followed by
atque
(
ac
),
as.
So also the adverbs
aequē
,
pariter
,
similiter
, etc. The pronoun
īdem
has regularly
atque
or a relative:—
sī parem sapientiam habet
ac
formam
(
Plaut. Mil. 1251
),
if he has sense equal to his beauty
(like as his beauty).
tē suspicor
eīsdem
rēbus
quibus
mē ipsum commovērī
;
(
Cat. M. 1
),
I suspect you are disturbed by the same things by which I am.