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 * Quĭd est ălĭud quam rĕlēgātĭōnem păti?
 * What else is it but suffering banishment?
 * Alĭīs displĭcet tōtum hōc phĭlŏsŏphāri
 * All this philosophising displeases others.
 * Inūsĭtātūm est rēgem rĕum căpĭtĭs essĕ
 * A king's being tried on a capital charge is unusual.
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 * A king's being tried on a capital charge is unusual.
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The Infinitive with Quasi-impersonal Verbs like lĭcĕt, was originally a Complement: ĭcĕt mĭhĭ īrĕ was it is permitted to me to go, rather than going is permitted to me. Hence, Adjectives, etc., which refer to the subject of the Infinitive are usually in the Dat. [according to § 205 (2)], though the Ace. is found by 205 (1): bĕātō tĭbĭ essĕ licĕt it is permitted to you to be happy; tē bĕātūm essĕ lĭcĕt your being happy is permitted. § 373. If the Subject of the Infinitive is Indefinite, it is generally omitted. An Adjective, etc., referring to it is put in the Ace. Singular.

§ 374. —Several Verbs whose sense is incomplete have a Complement in the Infinitive referring to the action of the subject.

So Quasi-Impersonal Verbs and phrases, § 167.

§ 375. Certain Transitive Verbs, chiefly of instructing and compelling, take an Infinitive of the action prescribed.

This Infinitive is retained in the Passive.