1260. (5.) The objective genitive denotes the object of the action
expressed in the limited substantive: as,
#metus hostium#, Gell. 9, 12, 13, _the fear of the enemy_, i.e. which is
felt towards them. #vēnditiō bonōrum#, _RA._ 110, _sale of the goods_.
#lūctū fīlī#, _DO._ 2, 193, _from grief for his son_. This construction
is freely used, even when the parallel verb has a dative, an ablative,
or a prepositional expression: as, #fīdūciā locī#, 7, 19, 2, _from
confidence in the position_. #līberātiōnem culpae#, _Lig._ 1, _acquittal
from guilt_. #mīlitiae vacātiōnem#, 6, 14, 1, _exemption from military
service_. #opīniōne trium legiōnum dēiectus#, 5, 48, 1, _disappointed in
his hope of three legions_. #deōrum opīniō#, _TD._ 1, 30, _a conception
of the gods_. #miserrima est contentiō honōrum#, _Off._ 1, 87,
_a scramble for office is a pitiful thing_.
1261. Instead of the objective genitive, a prepositional expression is
sometimes used with greater precision: as,
#metus ā vī atque īrā deōrum#, _DN._ 1, 45, _fear of the might and wrath
of the gods_. So especially the accusative, usually denoting a person,
with #in#, #ergā#, or #adversus#, combined with substantives denoting
feeling: as, #odium in hominum ūniversum genus#, _TD._ 4, 25, _hatred to
all mankind_. #vestra ergā mē voluntās#, _C._ 4, 1, _your good-will
towards me_.
1262. A possessive pronoun or adjective is sometimes used for the
objective genitive: as,
(_a._) #odiō tuō#, T. _Ph._ 1016, _from hate to thee_. #tuā fīdūciā#,
_V._ 5, 176, _from his reliance on you_. #aspectūque suō#, Lucr. 1, 91,
_and at the sight of her_. (_b._) #metus hostīlis#, S. _I._ 41, 2, _fear
felt of the enemy_. #servīlis percontātiō#, _DO._ 2, 327,
_crossquestioning of the servant-girls_. #firmus adversus mīlitārem
largītiōnem#, Ta. _H._ 2, 82, _dead-set against any largess to the
military_.