1167. Many verbs may take two accusatives, an object and a predicate.
Such are verbs signifying _make_, _keep_, _choose_, _name_ or _call_,
_have_, _think_, _recognize_ or _find_, _show oneself_, &c., &c.: as,
#longiōrem mēnsem faciunt#, _V._ 2, 129, _they make the month longer_.
#eum certiōrem faciunt#, 5, 37, 7, _they let him know_. #Ancum Mārcium
rēgem populus creāvit#, L. 1, 32, 1, _the people made Ancus Marcius
king_. #mē cēpēre arbitrum#, T. _Hau._ 500, _they’ve chosen me as
referee_. #Duellium ‘Bellium’ nōmināvērunt#, _O._ 153, _Duellius they
named ‘Bellius.’_ #vīcīnam Capreīs insulam ‘Aprāgopolim’ appellābat#,
Suet. _Aug._ 98, _the island next to Capreae he called ‘the Castle of
Indolence.’_ #conlēgās adiūtōrēs habēbat#, _Sest._ 87, _he had his
colleagues as assistants_. #tē sapientem exīstimant#, _L._ 6, _they
consider you a sage_. #quem virum P. Crassum vīdimus#, _CM._ 61, _what a
man we saw in Crassus_. #sevērum mē praebeō#, _C._ 4, 12, _I show myself
stern_. In the passive both the object and the predicate become
nominatives: as, #Caesar certior factus est#, 3, 19, 5, _Caesar was
informed_.
1168. In the sense of _consider as equivalent to_, #dūcō# and #habeō#,
less frequently #putō#, have the ablative with #prō#. Other
constructions with these and the above verbs may be found in the
dictionary.