cusative of the Person becomes the
Subject, and the Accusative of the Thing is retained; as,--

omnes artes edoctus est, _he was taught all accomplishments_;

rogatus sum sententiam, _I was asked my opinion_;

multa admonemur, _we are given many admonitions_.

a. Only a few Verbs admit the Passive construction.

Two Accusatives with Compounds.

179. 1. Transitive compounds of trans may take two Accusatives, one
dependent upon the Verb, the other upon the Preposition, as,--

milites flumen transportat, _he leads his soldiers across the river_.

2. With other compounds this construction is rare.

3. In the Passive the Accusative dependent upon the preposition is
retained; as,--

milites flumen traducebantur, _the soldiers were led across the river_.

Synecdochical (or Greek) Accusative.

180. 1. The Synecdochical (or Greek) Accusative denotes the _part_ to which
an action or quality refers; as,--

tremit artus, literally, _he trembles as to his limbs_, i.e. his limbs
tremble;

nuda genu, lit. _bare as to the knee_, i.e. with knee bare;

manus revinctus, lit. _tied as to the hands_, i.e. with hands tied.

2. Note that this construction--

a) Is borrowed from the Greek.
b) Is chiefly confined to poetry.
c) Usually refers to a part of the body.
d) Is used with Adjectives as well as Verbs.

Accusative of Time and Space.

181. 1. _Duration of Time_ and _Extent of Space_ are denoted by the
Accusative; as,--

quadraginta annos vixit, _he lived forty years_;

hic locus passus sescentos aberat, _this place was six hundred paces
away_;

arbores quinquaginta pedes altae, _trees fifty feet high_;

abhinc septem annos, _seven years ago_.

2. Emphasis is sometimes added by using the Preposition per; as,

per biennium laboravi, _I toiled throughout two years_.

Accusative of Limit of Motion.

182. 1. The Accusative of Limit of Motion is used--

a) With names of _Towns_, _Small Islands_, and _Peninsulas_; as,--

Romam veni, _I came to Rome_;

Athenas proficiscitur, _he sets out for Athens_;

Delum perveni, _I arrived at Delos_.

b) With domum, domos, rus; as,--

domum revertitur, _he returns home_;

rus ibo, _I shall go to the country_.

NOTE.--When domus means _house_ (i.e. building), it takes a preposition;
as,--

in domum veterem remigrare, _to move back to an old house_.

2. Other designati