a. A predicate noun or adjective is commonly in the Accusative ;
but with licet regularly, and with other verbs occasionally, the Dative
is used : —

expedit bonds esse vobis (Ter. Haut. 388), i¢ is for your advantage to be good.
licuit esse 6tidsd Themistocli (Tusc. i. 33), Themistocles might have been inac-
tive (it was allowed to Themistocles to be inactive).
mihi neglegenti esse nén licet (Att. i. 17. 6), I must not be negligent. [But
also neglegentem. |

cir his esse liberds nén licet (Flacc. 71), why is it not allowed these men to
be free ?

non est omnibus stantibus necesse dicere (Marc. 33), it is not necessary for
all to speak standing.
Norr. — When the subject is not expressed, as being indefinite (one, anybody), a
predicate noun or adjective is regularly in the accusative (cf. § 452. 3. n.2): as, —
vel pace vel bell6 clarum fieri licet (Sall. Cat. 3), one can become illustrious either in
peace or in war.
§§ 456, 457] COMPLEMENTARY INFINITIVE 289


Complementary Infinitive


456. Verbs which imply another action of the same subject to
complete their meaning take the Infinitive without a subject
accusative.
Such are verbs denoting to be able, dare, undertake, remember, for-


get, be accustomed, begin, continue, cease, hesitate, learn, know how,
fear, and the like : —


hdc qued dicere (Cat. M. 32), this I can say.
mitt6 quaerere (Rosc. Am. 53), I omit to ask.
vereor laudare praesentem (N. D. i. 58), I fear to praise a man to his face.
ord ut matirés venire (Att. iv. 1), I beg you will make haste to come.
oblivisci ndn possum quae vold (Fin. ii. 104), I cannot forget that which I
wish.
