a. Note, however, that the Latin may say either scrībere ad aliquem, or scrībere alicui, according as the idea of motion is or is not predominant. So in several similar expressions.
3. In the poets, verbs of mingling with, contending with, joining, clinging to, etc., sometimes take the Dative. This construction is a Grecism. Thus:—
sē miscet virīs, he mingles with the men;
contendis Homērō, you contend with Homer;
dextrae dextram jungere, to clasp hand with hand.
PECULIARITIES IN THE USE OF THE GENITIVE.
[359]. 1. The Possessive Genitive gives emphasis to the possessor, the Dative of Possessor emphasizes the fact of possession; as,—
hortus patris est, the garden is my father's;
mihi hortus est, I possess a garden.
2. The Latin can say either stultī or stultum est dīcere, it is foolish to say; but Adjectives of one ending permit only the Genitive; as,—
sapientis est haec sēcum reputāre, it is the part of a wise man to consider this.