Secondary Object

Verbs of naming , choosing , appointing , making , esteeming , showing , and the like, may take a Predicate Accusative along with the direct object:— ō Spartace, quem enim tē potius appellem (Phil. 13.22) , O Spartacus , for what else shall I call you (than Spartacus )? Cicerōnem cōnsulem creāre , to elect Cicero consul. mē augurem nōmināvērunt (Phil. 2.4) , they nominated me for augur. cum grātiās ageret quod sē cōnsulem fēcisset (De Or. 2.268) , when he thanked him because he had made him consul (supported his candidacy). hominem prae sē nēminem putāvit (Rosc. Am. 135) , he thought nobody a man in comparison with himself. ducem sē praebuit (Vat. 33) , he offered himself as a leader. The predicate accusative may be an adjective: as, —hominēs mītīs reddidit et mānsuētōs (Inv. 1.2) , has made men mild and gentle.