nōsne hoc cēlātōs tam diū, T. Hec. 645, for us not to be told of this so long; rarely with reversed construction: quōr haec cēlāta mē sunt? Pl. Ps. 490, why was this hid from me? Accusatives of appellatives are rare: as, omnīs mīlitiae artīs ēdoctus fuerat, L. 25, 37, 3, he had been thoroughly taught all the arts of war. interrogātus sententiam, L. 36, 7, 1, being asked his opinion. Other constructions of doctus, and of the passive of cēlō, flāgitō, poscō, rogō and interrogō, may be found in the dictionary.
[1172.] (2.) Verbs of wishing, reminding, inducing, and accusing, and some others, also sometimes take an accusative of the person and one of the thing.
Such are volō, moneō and its compounds, hortor and cōgō; accūsō, arguō, īnsimulō, obiūrgō. The thing is usually the neuter of a pronoun or enumerative word ([1144]): as, quid mē voltis? Pl. Mer. 868, what do you want of me? illud tē esse admonitum velim, Cael. 8, on this point I want you to be reminded ([1171]). In old Latin, accusatives of appellatives also are thus used, and sometimes also with dōnō and condōnō.
[1173.] (3.) The defining accusative is sometimes combined with an accusative of the person: as, tam tē bāsia multa bāsiāre, Cat. 7, 9, thee to kiss so many kisses ([1140]). But usually with an accusative of the person, the ablative takes the place of the defining accusative: as, ōdissem tē odiō Vatīniānō, Cat. 14, 3, I should hate thee with a Vatinian hate.
[Object and Extent, Duration, or Aim.]
[1174.] The accusative of extent or duration, or of aim of motion is often combined with that of the object: as,
([a.]) mīlia passuum decem novem mūrum perdūcit, 1, 8, 1, he makes a wall nineteen miles ([1151]). mātrōnae annum eum lūxērunt, L. 2, 7, 4. the married women wore mourning for him a year ([1151]). (b.) Ancus multitūdinem omnem Rōmam trādūxit, L. 1, 33, 1, Ancus moved the whole population over to Rome ([1157]). eōs domum remittit, 4, 21, 6, he sends them home again ([1162]). For other combinations, see [1138], [1198], and 2270.
[THE DATIVE.]
[1175.] The dative denotes that for or to which a thing is or is done, and either accompanies single words, such as verbs, adjectives, sometimes adverbs, rarely substantives, or serves to modify the entire sentence. It has two principal uses.
[1176.] I. The dative is used as a complement. Complements may be roughly distinguished as essential or optional. But these two complements are not always separated by a sharp line, and the same dative may sometimes be referred indifferently to either head.