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Rh Dative of Person Interested in a Statement.—The Person interested in a Statement is also put in the Dative : eccĕ tĭbĭ, m{subst:a-}}nĕ accēpi littĕrās tŭās look you, the-first-thing-in-the- morning I received your letter; quid mĭhĭ Celsŭs ăgit what pray is Celsus doing?

Dative of Person Judging.—For this Dative see § 310.

Dative of Person Possessing.—Generally with essĕ to be: est mĭhĭ frātĕr there-is a brother for-me, that is, I have a brother. Dative of Person Concerned in an Action.—With the Gerund and Gerundive, and sometimes Adjectives in -bĭlĭs, and Past Participles: hōc mĭhĭ est mĕtŭendum this is for-me to-be-feared, that is, I have to fear this.

§ 139. —The person whose interests are involved in any action is often the Indirect Object of the action. This Dat. is generally translated to.

As we have already seen (§ 115), the sense of the Verb is often incomplete without such an addition.

This Dative is found with :

{a) Transitive Verbs which take an Accusative of the Direct Object : grātĭāsăgĭt mĭhi he gives thanks to me.

(b) Intransitive Verbs and Adjectives : nŏcent ălĭis they are harmful to-others, ămīcŭs tĭbĭ friendly to-you.