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76 Intransitive Verbs which do not give a complete sense by themselves are of two kinds:

(i) Those which require a Noun as Complement (§ 115) to complete their sense. These take the Dative, Ablative, and sometimes the Genitive: as nŏcĕt nēmĭnī he-hurts (is-hurtful-to) nobody, cōntīdĭt auctōrĭtātĕ he trusts to (in) his influence, mĕmĭnĭt tŭī he remembers you.

(2) Those which require an Adjectival Complement or Secondary Predicate referring to their subject to complete their sense. These are Verbs of becoming, appearing, etc. The Predicates agree with the Subject according to Rule I. of § 120, and thus the Verb has the same case after it as before it. Caesăr fĭt cōnsŭl Cæsar is-made consul, nōn lĭcĕt tĭbĭ fĭĕrī cōnsŭlī it is not lawful for you to be-made consul. So also essĕ to be § 111(4).

§ 127. may take the Accusative or the Ablative: ăd urbem to the-town, ĭn urbĕ in the-town. See §§ 135. 153.

§ 128. may take the Indicative or the Subjunctive. Co-ordinate Conjunctions do not affect the construction.

For the construction of Interjections see § 333.

The Cases.

§ 129.—The Subject of the sentence is put in the Nominative, as ĕquŭs currĭt the-horse runs. So are all its adjectival Attributes and Predicates, as nēmō cŭpĭt essĕ mĭsĕr no-one desires to-be wretched.

§ 130. —The person addressed is put in the Vocative, often with ō, as ō bŏnĕ! good sir!