We should think we were not; and should as soon think of engaging in an unnatural quarrel with our bread and butter.
Natus, born; commodus, convenient; incommodus, inconvenient; utilis, useful; inutilis, useless; vehemens, earnest; aptus, fit, are sometimes also joined to an accusative case with a preposition, as
Natus ad laqueum:
Born to a halter.
Those who are reserved for this exalted destiny, are said to enjoy a peculiar immunity from drowning. Is this the reason why watermen are such a set of rogues?
To prevent mistakes, it should be mentioned, that the watermen here meant are those who, by their own account, are so called from their office being to shut the doors of hackney coaches.
Verbal adjectives ending in bilis, taken passively, and participles made adjectives ending in dus, require a dative case; as
Nulli penetrabilis astro;
Penetrable by no star—