1169. (1.) Some verbs of teaching and hiding, demanding and questioning,
may take two accusatives, one of a person and one of a thing.
The commonest of these verbs are #doceō# and its compounds, and #cēlō#;
#flāgitō#, #ōrō#, #poscō#, and #rogō#, #interrogō#. The thing is usually
the neuter of a pronoun or enumerative word (1144): as, (_a._) #peior
magister tē istaec docuit, nōn ego#, Pl. _B._ 163, _a worse instructor
taught thee that, not I_. #quid tē litterās doceam?# _Pis._ 73, _why
should I teach you your A B C’s?_ (_b._) #nōn tē cēlāvī sermōnem T.
Ampiī#, _Fam._ 2, 16, 3, _I have not kept you in the dark about the talk
with Ampius_. (_c._) #interim cōtīdiē Caesar Aeduōs frūmentum
flāgitāre#, 1, 16, 1, _meantime Caesar every day a dunning the Aeduans
for the grain_. #Mīlēsiōs nāvem poposcit#, _V._ 1, 86, _he called on the
Miletus people for a vessel_. #quid me istud rogās?# _Fin._ 5, 83, _why
do you ask me that?_ #Racilius mē sententiam rogāvit#, _QFr._ 2, 1, 3,
_Racilius asked me my opinion_.
1170. With #doceō#, meaning _inform_, #cēlō#, #rogō#, and #interrogō#,
the ablative of the thing with #dē# is also used. And with #flāgitō# and
#poscō#, sometimes the ablative of the person with #ab#, with #cēlō# the
ablative of the person with #dē#.
1171. In the passive the person becomes the subject, and the accusative
of a neuter pronoun or adjective is retained: as,
#nōsne hoc cēlātōs tam diū#, T. _Hec._ 645, _for us not to be told of
this so long_; rarely with reversed construction: #quōr haec cēlāta mē
sunt?# Pl. _Ps._ 490, _why was this hid from me?_ Accusatives of
appellatives are rare: as, #omnīs mīlitiae artīs ēdoctus fuerat#, L. 25,
37, 3, _he had been thoroughly taught all the arts of war_.
#interrogātus sententiam#, L. 36, 7, 1, _being asked his opinion_. Other
constructions of #doctus#, and of the passive of #cēlō#, #flāgitō#,
#poscō#, #rogō# and #interrogō#, may be found in the dictionary.
1172. (2.) Verbs of wishing, reminding, inducing, and accusing, and some
others, also sometimes take an accusative of the person and one of the
thing.
Such are #volō#, #moneō# and its compounds, #hortor# and #cōgō#;
#accūsō#, #arguō#, #īnsimulō#, #obiūrgō#. The thing is usually the
neuter of a pronoun or enumerative word (1144): as, #quid mē voltis?#
Pl. _Mer._ 868, _what do you want of me?_ #illud tē esse admonitum
velim#, _Cael._ 8, _on this point I want you to be reminded_ (1171). In
old Latin, accusatives of appellatives also are thus used, and sometimes
also with #dōnō# and #condōnō#.
1173. (3.) The defining accusative is sometimes combined with an
accusative of the person: as, #tam tē bāsia multa bāsiāre#, Cat. 7, 9,
_thee to kiss so many kisses_ (1140). But usually with an accusative of
the person, the ablative takes the place of the defining accusative: as,
#ōdissem tē odiō Vatīniānō#, Cat. 14, 3, _I should hate thee with a
Vatinian hate_.
[Erratum:
1169 ... #cōtīdiē Caesar Aeduōs frūmentum flāgitāre#, 1, 16, 1,
1, 16, 1.]