, _Cicero's house_.

1. Here belongs the Genitive with causa and gratia. The Genitive always
precedes; as,--

hominum causa, _for the sake of men_;

meorum amicorum gratia, _for the sake of my friends_.

2. The Possessive Genitive is often used predicatively, especially with
esse and fieri; as,--

domus est regis, _the house is the king's_;

stulti est in errore manere, _it is (the part) of a fool to remain in
error_;

de bello judicium imperatoris est, non militum, _the decision
concerning war belongs to the general, not to the soldiers_.

a. For the difference in force between the Possessive Genitive and the
Dative of Possession, see Sec. 359, 1.

199. Subjective Genitive. This denotes _the person who makes or produces
something or who has a feeling_; as,--

dicta Platonis, _the utterances of Plato_;

timores liberorum, _the fears of the children_.

200. Objective Genitive. This denotes _the object of an action or feeling_;
as,--

metus deorum, _the fear of the gods_;

amor libertatis, _love of liberty_;

consuetudo bonorum hominum, _intercourse with good men_.

1. This relation is often expressed by means of prepositions; as,--

amor erga parentes, _love toward one's parents_.

201. Genitive of the Whole. This designates the _whole_ of which a part is
taken. It is used--

1. With Nouns, Pronouns, Comparatives, Superlatives, and Ordinal Numerals;
as,--

magna pars hominum, _a great part of mankind_;

duo milia peditum, _two thousand foot-soldiers_;

quis mortalium, _who of mortals?_

major fratrum, _the elder of the brothers_;

gens maxima Germanorum, _the largest tribe of the Germans_;

primus omnium, _the first of all_.

a. Yet instead of the Genitive of the Whole we often find ex or de with
the Ablative, regularly so with Cardinal numbers and quidam; as,--

fidelissimus de servis, _the most trusty of the slaves_;

quidam ex amicis, _certain of his friends_;

unus ex militibus, _one of the soldiers_.

b. In English we often use _of_ where there is no relation of whole to
part. In such cases the Latin is more exact, and does not use the
Genitive; as,--

quot vos estis, _how many of you are there?_

trecenti conjuravimus, _three hundred of us have conspired_ (i.e. we,
three hundred in number).

2. The Genitive of the Whole is used also with the Nominative or Accusa