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Can I mix noun and verb objects with 'velle'?
As far as I know, the following two are grammatically valid:
Panem et aquam volo.
I want bread and water.
Edere et bibere volo.
I want to eat and drink.
In the first sentence the objects of velle are ...
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Confusion regarding 'esse' + accusative
I am currently learning Latin from the Bloomsbury Latin to GCSE books. In one of the reading passages the following constructions are used:
"non cupio rex vester esse. dei signum mittent si me ...
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When are -ns words used with accusative direct objects?
In English, one common generalization is that "-ing" words only take direct objects when they are verb forms, not when they are true adjectives or true nouns. (There are only a few possible exceptions,...
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Accusative in genitive relative clause with verb finiebat
I am working on Satyricon, currently chapter 30, and have stumbled upon a passage with a grammar that baffles me:
Et quod praecipuē mīrātus sum, in postibus triclīniī fascēs erant cum secūribus fīxī,...
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Revertere or reverti in transitive use?
If I want to use the verb revertere/reverti transitively (with an object different from the subject), should I choose active or passive forms?
Intuition suggests that active forms are preferred for ...
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Can the verb auxiliari take an accusative object?
The verb auxiliari is used with dative to indicate the entity that benefits from the help.
For example, tibi auxilior means "I help you".
Can use an accusative object to express how the help is given?
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Can I passivize a verb with two objects with respect to either one?
If I have a transitive verb with one object, passivizing an active sentence is straightforward.
For example, "te amo" becomes "(a me) amaris".
But how to passivize a verb that has two objects?
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