Italiam vēnit, he came to Italy.
5. The goal notion seems to represent the original function of the Accusative Case. Traces of this primitive force are recognizable in the phrase īnfitiās īre, to deny (lit. to go to a denial), and a few other similar expressions.
Accusative in Exclamations.
[183]. The Accusative, generally modified by an Adjective, is used in Exclamations; as,—
mē miserum, ah, wretched me!
Ō fallācem spem, oh, deceptive hope!
Accusative as Subject of the Infinitive.
[184]. The Subject of the Infinitive is put in the Accusative; as,—
videō hominem abīre, I see that the man is going away.
Other Uses of the Accusative.
[185]. Here belong—