1283. A genitive of the thing, commonly with an accusative of the
person, is used with five impersonals of mental distress:
#miseret#, #paenitet#, #piget#, #pudet#, #taedet#: as,
#tu͡i mē miseret, me͡i piget#, E. in _Div._ 1, 66, _I pity thee,
I loathe myself_. #frātris mē pudet pigetque#, T. _Ad._ 391, _my brother
stirs my shame and my disgust_. #mī pater, mē tu͡i pudet#, T. _Ad._ 681,
_dear father, in thy presence I’m abashed_. #galeātum sēro duellī
paenitet#, J. 1, 169, _too late, with casque on head, a combatant
repenteth him of war_. So also #miserētur#, and in old Latin
inceptively, #miserēscit#, #commiserēscit#.
1284. These verbs sometimes have a sentence or a neuter pronoun as
subject: as, #nōn tē haec pudent?# T. _Ad._ 754, _does not this make
thee blush for shame?_ Rarely an appellative: as, #mē quidem haec
condiciō nōn paenitet#, Pl. _St._ 51, _for my part, with my wedded state
I’m well content_. Or a person: as, #pudeō#, Pl. _Cas._ 877, _I feel
ashamed_. For participles and gerundives, see 817.
1285. The genitive is used with the personals #misereor# or #misereō#,
and in poetry with #miserēscō#: as,
#aliquandō miserēminī sociōrum#, _V._ 1, 72, _do take pity on your
allies, it is high time_. #nēminis miserēre certumst, quia me͡i miseret
nēminem#, Pl. _Cap._ 764, _I’m bound to care for nobody, as no one cares
for me_. #Arcadiī miserēscite rēgis#, V. 8, 573, _take pity on the king
of Arcady_.
1286. Personal verbs of desiring, loathing, admiring, and dreading,
sometimes take the genitive: as, #pol, quamquam domī cupiō, opperiar#,
Pl. _Tri._ 841, _although I yearn for home, I vow I’ll wait_ (1263).
#fastīdit meī#, Pl. _Aul._ 245, _he views me with disdain_ (1263).
#iūstitiaene prius mīrer, bellīne labōrum?# V. 11, 126, _thy justice
first shall I admire? thy toils in war?_ #nē tuī quidem testimōnī
veritus#, _Att._ 8, 4, 1, _not having any awe about your recommendation
either_.