[Object and Predicate.]
[1167.] Many verbs may take two accusatives, an object and a predicate.
Such are verbs signifying make, keep, choose, name or call, have, think, recognize or find, show oneself, &c., &c.: as, longiōrem mēnsem faciunt, V. 2, 129, they make the month longer. eum certiōrem faciunt, 5, 37, 7, they let him know. Ancum Mārcium rēgem populus creāvit, L. 1, 32, 1, the people made Ancus Marcius king. mē cēpēre arbitrum, T. Hau. 500, they’ve chosen me as referee. Duellium ‘Bellium’ nōmināvērunt, O. 153, Duellius they named ‘Bellius.’ vīcīnam Capreīs insulam ‘Aprāgopolim’ appellābat, Suet. Aug. 98, the island next to Capreae he called ‘the Castle of Indolence.’ conlēgās adiūtōrēs habēbat, Sest. 87, he had his colleagues as assistants. tē sapientem exīstimant, L. 6, they consider you a sage. quem virum P. Crassum vīdimus, CM. 61, what a man we saw in Crassus. sevērum mē praebeō, C. 4, 12, I show myself stern. In the passive both the object and the predicate become nominatives: as, Caesar certior factus est, 3, 19, 5, Caesar was informed.
[1168.] In the sense of consider as equivalent to, dūcō and habeō, less frequently putō, have the ablative with prō. Other constructions with these and the above verbs may be found in the dictionary.
[Person and Thing.]
[1169.] (1.) Some verbs of teaching and hiding, demanding and questioning, may take two accusatives, one of a person and one of a thing.
The commonest of these verbs are doceō and its compounds, and cēlō; flāgitō, ōrō, poscō, and rogō, interrogō. The thing is usually the neuter of a pronoun or enumerative word ([1144]): as, (a.) peior magister tē istaec docuit, nōn ego, Pl. B. 163, a worse instructor taught thee that, not I. quid tē litterās doceam? Pis. 73, why should I teach you your A B C’s? (b.) nōn tē cēlāvī sermōnem T. Ampiī, Fam. 2, 16, 3, I have not kept you in the dark about the talk with Ampius. (c.) interim cōtīdiē Caesar Aeduōs frūmentum flāgitāre, 1, 16, 1, meantime Caesar every day a dunning the Aeduans for the grain. Mīlēsiōs nāvem poposcit, V. 1, 86, he called on the Miletus people for a vessel. quid me istud rogās? Fin. 5, 83, why do you ask me that? Racilius mē sententiam rogāvit, QFr. 2, 1, 3, Racilius asked me my opinion.
[1170.] With doceō, meaning inform, cēlō, rogō, and interrogō, the ablative of the thing with dē is also used. And with flāgitō and poscō, sometimes the ablative of the person with ab, with cēlō the ablative of the person with dē.
[1171.] In the passive the person becomes the subject, and the accusative of a neuter pronoun or adjective is retained: as,