2304. A verb is sometimes used to denote not what the subject actually
does himself, but what he has another do. This is called the _Causative
Use_ of the verb: as,
#animī causā mihi nāvem faciam#, Pl. _R._ 932, _just for diversion I’ll
build me a yacht_. #cum vellet sibī̆ ānulum facere, aurificem iussit
vocārī#, _V._ 4, 56, _wanting to make him a ring, he ordered a goldsmith
to be called_. #complūrēs pauperēs mortuōs suō sūmptū extulit#, N. 5, 4,
3, _he buried a good many poor dead people at his own expense_, i.e. had
them buried. Also in the passive: as, #tondēmur#, Quintil. 1, 6, 44, _we
get shaved_. When greater exactness is required, having a thing done may
be expressed more distinctly by #faciō# (1965), by #cūrō# (2250), or by
#iubeō#.