sh by the preposition _of_. It is used to express

{ _a._ As attributive (Sec. 38).
1. Possession {
{ _b._ In the predicate (Sec. 409).

2. The whole of which a part is taken (partitive genitive) (Sec. 331).

3. Quality or description (Secs. 443, 445).

_450._ The relation expressed by the /dative\ is, in general, denoted in
English by the prepositions _to_ or _for_ when they do not imply motion
through space. It is used to express

{ _a._ With intransitive verbs and with
{ transitive verbs in connection with a
{ direct object in the accusative (Sec. 45).
1. The indirect object { _b_. With special intransitive verbs
{ (Sec. 154).
{ _c_. With verbs compounded with /ad\, /ante\,
{ /con\, /de\, /in\, /inter\, /ob\, /post\,
{ /prae\, /pro\, /sub\, /super\ (Sec. 426).

2. The object to which the quality of an adjective is directed
(Sec. 143).

3. The purpose, or end for which, often with a second dative denoting
the person or thing affected (Sec. 437).

_451._ The /accusative\ case corresponds, in general, to the English
objective. It is used to express

1. The direct object of a transitive verb (Sec. 37).

2. The predicate accusative together with the direct object after
verbs of _making, choosing, falling, showing_, and the like (Sec.
392).

3. The subject of the infinitive (Sec. 214).

4. The object of prepositions that do not govern the ablative (Sec.
340).

5. The duration of time and the extent of space (Sec. 336).

6. The place to which (Secs. 263, 266).

_452._ EXERCISES

I. 1. Milites quos vidimus dixerunt imperium belli esse Caesaris
imperatoris. 2. Helvetii statuerunt quam[1] maximum numerum equorum
et carrorum cogere. 3. Totius Galliae Helvetii plurimum valuerunt.
4. Multas horas acriter pugnatum est neque quisquam poterat videre
hostem fugientem. 5. Viri summae virtutis hostis decem milia passuum
insecuti sunt. 6. Caesar populo Romano persuasit ut se consulem crearet.
7. Victoria exercitus erat semper imperatori gratissima. 8. Triduum iter
fecerunt et Genavam, in oppidum[2] hostium, pervenerunt. 9. Caesar
audivit Germanos bellum Gallis intulisse. 10. Magno usui militibus
Caesaris erat quod prioribus proeliis sese exercuerant.

II. 1. One[3] of