§384. Dative with Adjectives

The Dative is used with adjectives (and a few Adverbs) of fitness, nearness, likeness, service, inclination, and their opposites:¹

• nihil est tam nātūrae aptum (Lael. 17), nothing is so fitted to nature.
• nihil difficile amantī putō; (Or. 33), I think nothing hard to a lover.
• castrīs idōneum locum dēlēgit (B. G. 1.49), he selected a place suitable for a camp.
• tribūnī nōbīs sunt amīcī; (Q. Fr. 1.2.16), the tribunes are friendly to us.
• esse propitius potest nēminī (N. D. 1.124), he can be gracious to nobody.
• māgnīs autem virīs prosperae semper omnēs rēs (id. 2.167), but to great men everything is always favorable.
• sēdēs huic nostrō nōn importūna sermōnī (De Or. 3.18), a place not unsuitable for this conversation of ours.
• cui fundō erat affīnis M. Tullius (Tull. 14), to which estate Marcus Tullius was next neighbor.
• convenienter nātūrae vīvere (Off. 3.13), to live in accordance with nature (ὁμολογουμένως τῇ φύσει).

• sī parem sapientiam habet ac formam (Plaut. Mil. 1251), if he has sense equal to his beauty (like as his beauty).
• tē suspicor eīsdem rēbus quibus mē ipsum commovērī; (Cat. M. 1), I suspect you are disturbed by the same things by which I am.