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Allen & Greenough · Part Second — Syntax › Construction of Cases

§389. Direct Object

Many verbs ordinarily transitive may be used absolutely, having their natural object in the ablative with dē (§ 273. N. 2):—

  • priusquam Pompōnius dē êius adventū cōgnōsceret (B. C. 3.101), before Pomponius could learn of his coming. [Cf. êius adventū cōgnitō, his arrival being discovered.]

For Accusative and Genitive after Impersonals, see § 354. b. For the Accusative after the impersonal Gerundive with esse, see § 500. 3.

J. H. Allen and J. B. Greenough, New Latin Grammar (Boston: Ginn, 1903). Text provided under a CC BY-SA license by Perseus Digital Library, http://www.perseus.tufts.edu, with funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities.