1. Corresponding to the Dative of Indirect Object it occurs with adjectives signifying: friendly, unfriendly, similar, dissimilar, equal, near, related to, etc.; as,—
mihi inimīcus, hostile to me;
sunt proximī Germānis, they are next to the Germans;
noxiae poena pār estō, let the penalty be equal to the damage.
a. For propior and proximus with the Accusative, see [§ 141], 3.
2. Corresponding to the Dative of Purpose, the Dative occurs with adjectives signifying: suitable, adapted, fit; as,—
castrīs idōneus locus, a place fit for a camp;
apta diēs sacrificiō, a day suitable for a sacrifice.
NOTE.—Adjectives of this last class often take the Accusative with ad.
Dative of Direction.
[193]. In the poets the Dative is occasionally used to denote the direction of motion; as,—
it clāmor caelō, the shout goes heavenward;
cinerēs rīvō fluentī jace, cast the ashes toward a flowing stream.
1. By an extension of this construction the poets sometimes use the Dative to denote the limit of motion; as,—