1217. The dative may denote the person viewing or judging: as,
#eris mihi magnus Apollō#, V. _E._ 3, 104, _thou shalt to me the great
Apollo be_. #Quīntia fōrmōsa est multīs, mihi candida, longa, rēcta
est#, Cat. 86, 1, _in many eyes is Quintia fair, to me she’s bonny,
tall, and straight_. From Caesar on, participles are often used to
denote the person viewing or judging: as, #est urbe ēgressīs tumulus#,
V. 2, 713, _there is, as you get out of town, a mound_. #in ūniversum
aestimantī#, Ta. _G._ 6, _looking at it generally_.
1218. In imitation of a Greek idiom, #volēns#, #cupiēns#, or #invītus#,
is used by Sallust and Tacitus in agreement with a dative dependent on a
form of #sum#, the combination being equivalent to a subject with a form
of #volō#, #cupiō#, or #invītus sum#, respectively: as, #cēterīs
remanēre volentibus fuit#, Ta. _H._ 3, 43, i.e. #cēterī remanēre
voluērunt#, _the rest were minded to bide where they were_. Once in
Livy.