[2188.] Some of the commonest of these verbs are doleō, gaudeō, laetor, mīror, &c., &c.; and from Cicero on, angor, indignor, lūgeō, sollicitō.
[2189.] (1.) The accusative with the infinitive is commonly used with volō (mālō, nōlō), and cupiō, when the subject of the infinitive is not the same as that of the verb: as,
Catilīnam perīre voluī, Ph. 8, 15, I wished Catiline to die. māluit hominēs peccāre quam deōs, V. 2, 22, he wanted men to sin rather than gods. tē tuā fruī virtūte cupimus, Br. 331, we wish you to reap the benefit of your high character.
[2190.] (2.) Even when the subjects denote the same person, the accusative is sometimes used with the infinitive: as,
ēmorī mē mālim, Pl. As. 810, morī mē mālim, T. Eu. 66, I’d rather die. magnuficē volō mē virōs summōs accipere, Pl. Ps. 167, I’m going to entertain some highborn gentlemen in style. Oftenest when the infinitive is esse, vidērī, putārī, or dīcī: as, cupiō mē esse clēmentem, cupiō mē nōn dissolūtum vidērī, C. 1, 4, I wish to play the man of mercy, and yet I do not wish to seem over lax. Rarely thus with dēsīderō, nōlō, optō, and studeō, and in Sallust with properō.
[2191.] For the perfect active with these verbs, see [2228]; for the perfect passive, 2229.
[2192.] volō, mālō, and cupiō are often coordinated with the subjunctive of desire ([1707]). volō and mālō often have the subjunctive with ut, particularly in old Latin ([1950]).
[2193.] Verbs of resolving sometimes take the accusative with the infinitive: as, certum offirmāre est viam mē, T. Hec. 454, I am resolved to hold the way. So, from Cicero on, sometimes cēnseō, dēcernō, and sentiō, in the exceptional sense of volō or iubeō, think it best: as, velle et cēnsēre eōs ab armīs discēdere, S. I. 21, 4, that they wished and thought it best for those people to give up fighting.
[2194.] The accusative with the infinitive is sometimes used with verbs of demanding: as, hau postulō equidem mēd in lectō accumbere, Pl. St. 488, I can’t expect, not I, to sprawl upon a couch. hīc postulat sē absolvī? V. 3, 138, does this man ask to be acquitted? Similarly with ōrō and praecipiō in late writers.