[1045.] (2.) An Appositive is a separate substantive added as an explanation to another substantive, and in the same case, but not like the attribute uniting with it as one idea: as,
avītum malum, rēgnī cupīdō, the ancestral curse, ambition for a crown. Hamilcar, Mārs alter, Hamilcar, a second Mars. Cornēlia, māter Gracchōrum, Cornelia, mother of the Gracchi. Teutomatus, Ollivicōnis fīlius, rēx Nitiobrogum, Teutomatus, the son of Ollivico, the king of the Nitiobroges.
[1046.] (3.) The Object of a substantive is another substantive of different meaning in the genitive, denoting that on which action is exerted: as,
metus hostium, fear of the enemy, i.e. which is felt towards them. vēnditiō bonōrum, sale of the goods.
[1047.] A substantive in any case may be modified like the subject.
[1048.] II. The predicate may be enlarged by the addition of accusatives, datives, predicate nouns, or adverbial adjuncts.
[1049.] (1.) The Accusative denotes the object of the verb; also extent, duration, and aim of motion. See [1124].
[1050.] (2.) The Dative denotes that for or to which something is or is done. See [1175].
[1051.] (3.) A predicate noun, either substantive or adjective, denoting ‘office, time, age, order, condition,’ or the like, is often added to other verbs besides those of indeterminate meaning ([1035]): as,
Iūnius aedem dictātor dēdicāvit, Junius dedicated a temple in his capacity as dictator, not Junius the dictator. litterās Graecās senex didicī, I learned Greek when I was an old man. prīnceps in proelium ībat, ultimus excēdēbat, he was always the first to go into battle, the last to come out. For the predicative dative of the substantive, see [1219].