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72 let-us-set-out home, culpāamŭr ăb illīs (Noun with Preposition) we-are-blamed by those-men, īrĕ vult he-wishes to-go.

§ 116. Secondary Predicate.—A Verb sometimes requires an Adjectival Complement referring to its Subject or to its Object in oider to complete its sense: Gāĭŭs fit săpĭēns Gaius becomes wise, appellant Gāĭum săpĭentem they-call Gains wise. This Complement is called a Secondary Predicate to distinguish it from the Predicates of §§ 111, 112, which are called Primary.

§117. ''Adverbial. Complements'' are added to Verbs and Adjectives to show how they are limited in respect to Time, Place, Circumstances, Manner, Degree, and the like. In the Simple sentence, Adverbs and Oblique cases of Nouns (with or without attributes and prepositions) only are so used. Examples: postrīdĭē on-the-next-day (Time) Caesăr advēnĭt Cæsar arrived cum multā vī armātōrum with a-large force of-armed-men (Circumstance).

CONSTRUCTION. § 118. It is impossible to read or write Latin without carefully attending to the Inflexions of words. If these are improperly used, the result is either that we contradict ourselves or that we convey a wrong meaning. Thus, if we say ăv-ēs vŏ1-ăt, we contradict ourselves; for the -ēs means that there are several birds, and the -āt that there is only one. In the following sentence: — Caesăr oppĭdum cum māgnā praedā căpĭt, ĭd ā mīlĭtibŭs crĕmātŭr Cæsar takes the-town, together with a-great (quantity of) plunder; it (i.e. the town) is-burnt by the-soldiers; id is in the Neuter, because it refers to the town. If you put ĭs (Masc.) it would mean