indicative. Compare the sentences
_Caesar is the man who is leading us_,
Caesar est is qui nos ducit
(mere statement of fact, no description, with the indicative)
_Caesar is the man to lead us_,
Caesar est is qui nos ducat
(descriptive relative clause with the subjunctive)
_b._ Observe that in this construction a demonstrative pronoun and a
relative, as is /qui\, are translated _such a one as to, the man
to_.
_c._ In which of the following sentences would you use the
indicative and in which the subjunctive?
_These are not the men who did this_
_These are not the men to do this_
_390._ RULE. Subjunctive of Characteristic. _A relative clause with
the subjunctive is often used to describe an antecedent. This is called
the /subjunctive of characteristic or description\._
_391._ Observe the sentences
1. Romani /Caesarem consulem\ fecerunt,
_the Romans made /Caesar consul\_.
2. /Caesar consul\ a Romanis factus est,
_/Caesar\ was made /consul\ by the Romans_.
_a._ Observe in 1 that the transitive verb /fecerunt\, _made_, has
two objects: (1) the direct object, /Caesarem\; (2) a second object,
/consulem\, referring to the same person as the direct object and
completing the predicate. The second accusative is called a
Predicate Accusative.
_b._ Observe in 2 that when the verb is changed to the passive both
of the accusatives become nominatives, the _direct object_ becoming
the _subject_ and the _predicate accusative_ the _predicate
nominative_.
_392._ RULE. Two Accusatives. _Verbs of /making\, /choosing\,
/calling\, /showing\, and the like, may take a predicate accusative
along with the direct object. With the passive voice the two accusatives
become nominatives._
_393._ The verbs commonly found with two accusatives are
creo, creare, creavi, creatus, _choose_
appello, appellare, appellavi, appellatus }
nomino, nominare, nominavi, nominatus } _call_
voco, vocare, vocavi, vocatus }
facio, facere, feci, factus, _make_
_394._ EXERCISES
I. 1. In Germaniae silvis sunt[1] multa genera ferarum quae reliquis
in locis non visa sint. 2. Erant[1] itinera duo quibus Helvetii domo
discedere possent. 3. Erat[1] manus nulla, nullum oppidum, nullum
praesidium quod se armis defenderet. 4. Toto frumento rapto, domi nihil
erat quo mortem prohibere po
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