[1284.] These verbs sometimes have a sentence or a neuter pronoun as subject: as, nōn tē haec pudent? T. Ad. 754, does not this make thee blush for shame? Rarely an appellative: as, mē quidem haec condiciō nōn paenitet, Pl. St. 51, for my part, with my wedded state I’m well content. Or a person: as, pudeō, Pl. Cas. 877, I feel ashamed. For participles and gerundives, see [817].
[1285.] The genitive is used with the personals misereor or misereō, and in poetry with miserēscō: as,
aliquandō miserēminī sociōrum, V. 1, 72, do take pity on your allies, it is high time. nēminis miserēre certumst, quia me͡i miseret nēminem, Pl. Cap. 764, I’m bound to care for nobody, as no one cares for me. Arcadiī miserēscite rēgis, V. 8, 573, take pity on the king of Arcady.
[1286.] Personal verbs of desiring, loathing, admiring, and dreading, sometimes take the genitive: as, pol, quamquam domī cupiō, opperiar, Pl. Tri. 841, although I yearn for home, I vow I’ll wait ([1263]). fastīdit meī, Pl. Aul. 245, he views me with disdain ([1263]). iūstitiaene prius mīrer, bellīne labōrum? V. 11, 126, thy justice first shall I admire? thy toils in war? nē tuī quidem testimōnī veritus, Att. 8, 4, 1, not having any awe about your recommendation either.
[1287.] The genitive is used with verbs of remembering and forgetting when they denote an inherent state of memory or of forgetfulness: as,
faciam ut meī meminerīs dum vītam vīvās, Pl. Per. 494, I’ll make you remember me as long as you live. num potuī magis oblīvīscī temporum meōrum, meminisse āctiōnum? Fam. 1, 9, 8, could I have been more forgetful of my present interests, more mindful of my past career? reminīscerētur incommodī populī Rōmānī, 1, 13, 4, he had better bear in mind the rebuff dealt out to Rome. oblītusque meōrum oblīvīscendus et illīs, H. E. 1, 11, 10, of friends forgetful and by friends forgot. See [1263].
[1288.] The accusative is used with these verbs when they denote the mere intellectual exercise of memory or a failure to remember: as,
equid meministī tu͡om parentum nōmina? Pl. Poen. 1062, do you remember your parents’ names? Cinnam meminī vīdī Sūllam, Ph. 5, 17, I can remember Cinna, I have seen Sulla. utinam mēmet possim oblīscier! Accius ap. Non. 500, 5, oh that myself I could forget! subitō tōtam causam oblītus est, Br. 217, suddenly he forgot the whole case.